Milan

Where Milan comes from

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolana burg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.
— Wiktionary's entry for Milan
  • Slavic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #836 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Milan Kundera born
    Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)
  3. 1981
    Milan Baroš born
    Czech association football player
  4. 2013
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2023
    Peak, #230
    1,524 babies named Milan — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Namesakes
  • Milan Kundera · Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023), 1929–2023
  • Milan Baroš · Czech association football player, born 1981
  • Milan Kučan · First President of Slovenia, born 1941
  • Milan Badelj · Croatian association football player, born 1989
  • Milan Škriniar · Slovak association football player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.