Boy · Old Slavic
Milan
Say it: MEE-lahn
Meaning
From Slavic mil 'dear, gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in 19th-century Serbia (King Milan Obrenović) and Czechoslovakia.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 19,652 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 2,500 boys
- 1,132 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Милан
| Czech | Milan |
|---|---|
| Slovak | Milan |
| Polish | Milan |
| Bulgarian | Milan |
Famous bearers
- Milan Kundera, Czech-French writer
- Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak statesman
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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