Boy · Old Slavic
Miloš
Say it: MEE-losh
Meaning
From Slavic mil 'dear, gracious' with the suffix -oš.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Known through the epic hero of Kosovo (1389) and Prince Miloš Obrenović.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 365 babies given this name since 1920
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 81,200 boys
- 16 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Милош
| Polish | Miłosz |
|---|---|
| Czech | Miloš |
| Slovak | Miloš |
Famous bearers
- Miloš Obilić, legendary Serbian hero at Kosovo
- Miloš Forman, Czech film director
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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