Every Boy Name

Boy's name

Milan

Say it mih-LAHN 2 syllables

Slavic

Loved in Hungary and 1 more place. Common in France, Poland, the Netherlands, and 6 more places. Rare across the UK, Italy, Israel, and 9 more places.

1 in 153 boys born in Poland in 2025. Number 37 there.

Milan in every place

Rank, count and share in all 40 places: loved in 2, common in 9, rare in 14.
Milan in every place we hold figures for
Place Rankyear Boysshare 5 years earlier
British Isles
England and Wales269 (up)20251691 in 1,6093332020
Scotland316 (up)2025111 in 1,7863722020
Northern IrelandRare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Ireland198 (up)2025241 in 9894962020
North America
Ontario (province)238 (up)202459about 1 in 1,0153072019
Quebec (province)312025185about 1 in 157312020
British Columbia (province)276 (up)202312about 1 in 1,0855132018
Nova Scotia (province)Not in the published top 212025Not listed2020
Oceania
New South Wales (state)Not in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Victoria (state)Not in the published top 1012025Not listed2020
Queensland (state)Not in the published top 1012025Not listed2020
South Australia (state)Not in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
New ZealandNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Western Europe
France99 (down)20256401 in 473862020
Netherlands13 (down)2025519about 1 in 128112020
Central Europe
Austria82 (up)2025901 in 4231502020
Switzerland177 (down)2025491 in 7351542020
Berlin (city)15 (up)2023107about 1 in 145252018
Munich (city)112 (down)202511about 1 in 397772020
Cologne (city)24 (up)202337about 1 in 172272018
Bonn (city)13 (up)202524about 1 in 132312020
Leipzig (city)18 (up)202521about 1 in 137312020
Rostock (city)5 (up)202512about 1 in 87252020
Nordic countries
Norway141 (up)2025381 in 6131872020
Sweden138 (up)202570about 1 in 6161602020
DenmarkNot in the published top 502025Not listed2020
FinlandNot in the published top 502025No list2020
IcelandNot in the published top 102025No list2020
Southern Europe
SpainNot in the published top 1002024Not listed2019
Catalonia (region)107 (up)2025431 in 4812052020
Italy774 (new in the list)2024111 in 17,214Not listed2019
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland37 (up)20258271 in 153672020
Hungary (as Milán)3 (up)2025853112020
SloveniaRare: below the complete list20251952020
EstoniaNot in the published top 272025Not listed2020
Moscow (city)Not in the published top 612025Not listed2020
CroatiaNot in the published top 502025No list2020
Middle East
TurkeyNot in the published top 302025Not listed2020
Israel (published as מילאן)378 (up)202433about 1 in 2,5794522019
Latin America
ArgentinaNot in the published top 202024Not listed2019

Germany publishes no national list; the German rows are city registers. Israel publishes names in Hebrew script; the original is shown beside the name. About: the publisher leaves out its smallest names, so the share is approximate. ▲ and ▼ compare the rank with five years earlier. Not listed five years earlier: not in that year’s list. No list: the place published no list that year. How these figures are computed.

About the name

Milan is a Slavic name, used in Czech, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian, among other languages. It has no connection with the Italian city beyond the shared spelling, and no agreed meaning of its own is known.

2 more paragraphs

It is said mih-LAHN, with the stress on the second syllable, which gives it a lighter, more continental sound. Milán is an accented spelling, and Millán and Mile are related forms.

Milan is a top-5 name in Hungary and ranks highly in the Netherlands and Poland. In the English-speaking world it is best known in Quebec, with smaller numbers in Ireland and Ontario. It is rising in most places where it appears, and in France it reached its high point around 2020, so it is still a name of the moment across much of Europe.

Meaning, origin and how to say it

Say it
mih-LAHN · 2 syllables · Stress on beat 2 of 2.
Meaning
No sourced meaning. We print a meaning only when a dictionary gives one.
Origin
Slavic
Spellings counted
Counted together with Milan here: Milán.
Related names
Millán, Mile
Where Milan comes from (Wiktionary)

The male given name is borrowed from Slavic languages (e.g. Czech, Slovene, Serbo-Croatian Milan). Separate from the Italian city name.

Shortened from the Wiktionary entry for Milan. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Milan over time

Rising in 12 of the 22 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 1. Peak in France: 2020.

Rank in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

Milan in England and Wales: #535 in 1996, a peak of #217 in 2022, and #269 in 2025.

#1#10#50#100#300#1,000200020052010201520202025Top 101996: #535, 32 boys1997: #589, 29 boys1998: #585, 31 boys1999: #454, 47 boys2000: #462, 44 boys2001: #510, 39 boys2002: #502, 43 boys2003: #441, 57 boys2004: #378, 75 boys2005: #410, 72 boys2006: #462, 69 boys2007: #538, 58 boys2008: #428, 86 boys2009: #558, 60 boys2010: #466, 77 boys2011: #449, 84 boys2012: #484, 79 boys2013: #420, 97 boys2014: #308, 149 boys2015: #331, 141 boys2016: #321, 148 boys2017: #329, 149 boys2018: #343, 133 boys2019: #317, 149 boys2020: #333, 138 boys2021: #274, 168 boys2022: #217, 234 boys2023: #220, 224 boys2024: #228, 217 boys2025: #269, 169 boys#535 in 1996peak #217, 2022#269in 2025
Show the numbers
YearRankBoys
199653532
199758929
199858531
199945447
200046244
200151039
200250243
200344157
200437875
200541072
200646269
200753858
200842886
200955860
201046677
201144984
201248479
201342097
2014308149
2015331141
2016321148
2017329149
2018343133
2019317149
2020333138
2021274168
2022217234
2023220224
2024228217
2025269169

Source: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3)

The long view: in France

Half of the boys named Milan in France since 1925 were born in or after 2016. Peak: 2020, about 257 per 100,000 boys. Babies per 100,000 boys, five-year periods.

1925-1929: 1 per 100,000 boys1930-1934: 2.2 per 100,000 boys1935-1939: 1.8 per 100,000 boys1940-1944: 0.7 per 100,000 boys19401945-1949: 0.5 per 100,000 boys1950-1954: 0.2 per 100,000 boys1955-1959: 0.5 per 100,000 boys1960-1964: 0.5 per 100,000 boys19601965-1969: 2 per 100,000 boys1970-1974: 3.6 per 100,000 boys1975-1979: 2.9 per 100,000 boys1980-1984: 2.2 per 100,000 boys19801985-1989: 3.3 per 100,000 boys1990-1994: 10.5 per 100,000 boys1995-1999: 22.5 per 100,000 boys2000-2004: 38.5 per 100,000 boys20002005-2009: 90.6 per 100,000 boys2010-2014: 144.3 per 100,000 boys2015-2019: 233.9 per 100,000 boys2020-2024: 232.3 per 100,000 boys20202025: 211.4 per 100,000 boys20252015-2019: about 1 in 428 boys
Show the numbers
YearsPer 100,000 boys
1925–19291
1930–19342.2
1935–19391.8
1940–19440.7
1945–19490.5
1950–19540.2
1955–19590.5
1960–19640.5
1965–19692
1970–19743.6
1975–19792.9
1980–19842.2
1985–19893.3
1990–199410.5
1995–199922.5
2000–200438.5
2005–200990.6
2010–2014144.3
2015–2019233.9
2020–2024232.3
2025211.4

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0). Dark bar: the period holding the median birth year.

Brothers and middle names for Milan

Brother names

Names that rose and fell with Milan, from the same generation, with no clashing sounds.

  1. 1 in 372, England and Wales

  2. 1 in 456, England and Wales

  3. 1 in 29, Italy

  4. 1 in 178, Catalonia

  5. 1 in 1,022, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 224, Ireland

  7. 1 in 83, Austria

  8. 1 in 159, England and Wales

  9. 1 in 49, Italy

  10. 1 in 110, Austria

All 40 brother names for Milan

Middle names

Scored for rhythm against Milan's 2 syllables and for long, steady use.

  1. 1 in 86, England and Wales

  2. 1 in 50, Ireland

  3. 1 in 61, Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 103, England and Wales

  5. 1 in 130, Scotland

  6. 1 in 62, Poland

  7. 1 in 88, England and Wales

  8. 1 in 137, Scotland

Full-name check

Milan Oliver

Syllables 2-3Initials M.O.No sound clashes between the parts.

All 40 middle names for Milan

Sisters for Milan: Milena, Hana, Lia, and 5 more
  1. MilenaRose and fell with Milan · Same generation as Milan · Same initial as Milan
  2. HanaRose and fell with Milan · Same generation as Milan
  3. LiaRose and fell with Milan · Same generation as Milan
  4. LiviaRose and fell with Milan · Same generation as Milan
  5. AlinaRose and fell with Milan · Same generation as Milan
  6. IrisRose and fell with Milan · Same generation as Milan
  7. AmiraRose and fell with Milan · Same generation as Milan
  8. MaryamRose and fell with Milan · Same generation as Milan · Same initial as Milan

Girls' names from the same engine, over the girls' lists of the same publishers.

Moved with Milan

The boy names whose popularity rose and fell most like Milan's across every region and decade we hold.

  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 7 more places.

  2. Rare across the UK, Poland, Switzerland, and 7 more places.

  3. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 8 more places.

  4. Common in Italy, the Netherlands, Ontario, and 11 more places.

  5. Common across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 19 more places.

  6. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 14 more places.

  7. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 11 more places.

  8. Rare in Italy, Poland, Sweden, and 12 more places.

Famous people named Milan

Milan Kundera, Milan Baroš, and 6 more

From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article on them. People: Wikidata (CC0). Links go to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists, else English.

Questions about Milan

How popular is Milan in Ireland?

Milan ranked #198 in Ireland in 2025, given to 24 boys, about 1 in 989.

Is Milan rising in popularity?

Yes, in most of the places we can check. Rising in 12 of the 22 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 1. Rising in: Ireland, British Columbia, Ontario, Scotland, England and Wales, and 7 other regions.

How many syllables does Milan have?

Milan has 2 syllables: mih-LAHN.

Every rank and count on this page comes from an official birth register. How these figures are computed.

Meanings, origins and people: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).

The 42 birth registers behind these figures

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