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Milo

Say it MY-loh 2 syllables

Germanic · from Miles, “grace, favor”

Common in France, England and Wales, the Netherlands, and 11 more places. Rare in Italy, Poland, Israel, and 8 more places.

1 in 456 boys born in England and Wales in 2025. Number 90 there.

Milo in every place

Rank, count and share in all 40 places: loved in 0, common in 14, rare in 11.
Milo in every place we hold figures for
Place Rankyear Boysshare 5 years earlier
British Isles
England and Wales90 (down)20255971 in 456802020
Scotland190 (down)2025221 in 8931522020
Northern Ireland253 (down)202571 in 1,1831692020
Ireland110 (up)2025511 in 4651112020
North America
Ontario (province)171 (up)202479about 1 in 7581842019
Quebec (province)79 (up)202589about 1 in 326922020
British Columbia (province)74 (up)202341about 1 in 317912018
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
France45 (down)20251,0951 in 276432020
Netherlands47 (up)2025266about 1 in 2501322020
Central Europe
Austria111 (up)2025641 in 5952172020
Switzerland38 (up)20251371 in 263652020
Berlin (city)44 (up)202364about 1 in 242552018
Munich (city)48 (up)202526about 1 in 168902020
Cologne (city)35 (up)202331about 1 in 206732018
Bonn (city)44 (up)202512about 1 in 2641042020
Leipzig (city)57 (down)20259about 1 in 320422020
Rostock (city)30 (down)20256about 1 in 174252020
Nordic countries
Norway274 (new in the list)2025141 in 1,663Not listed2020
Sweden52 (up)2025226about 1 in 191562020
DenmarkNot in the published top 502025Not listed2020
Finland442025102No list2020
IcelandNot in the published top 102025No list2020
Southern Europe
SpainNot in the published top 1002024Not listed2019
Catalonia (region)176 (up)2025241 in 8633912020
Italy129 (up)20241581 in 1,1982032019
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland292 (up)2025141 in 9,0293652020
HungaryNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
SloveniaRare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
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
IsraelRare: below the complete list2024Not listed2019
Latin America
ArgentinaNot in the published top 202024Not listed2019

Germany publishes no national list; the German rows are city registers. 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

A Latinate variant of Miles, Milo shares that name's history. The meaning comes from Miles and is given as 'grace, favor'.

2 more paragraphs

It has two syllables, MY-loh, and a friendly, open sound that ends on a vowel. Its only listed relative is Miles, so the two names are best seen as a pair.

Milo is popular in Switzerland, Finland and France, and it appears in the lists for British Columbia, Quebec and England and Wales. French records show a peak only a few years ago, with most of its bearers born very recently. It is rising in most of the places that record it.

Meaning, origin and how to say it

Say it
MY-loh · 2 syllables · Stress on beat 1 of 2.
Meaning
from Miles, “grace, favor”
Origin
Germanic
Related names
Miles
Where Milo comes from (Wiktionary)

A Latinate variant of Miles.

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

Milo over time

Rising in 10 of the 21 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 3. Peak in France: 2021.

Rank in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

Milo in England and Wales: #305 in 1996, a peak of #80 in 2020, and #90 in 2025.

#1#10#50#100#300#1,000200020052010201520202025Top 101996: #305, 80 boys1997: #256, 113 boys1998: #244, 123 boys1999: #212, 145 boys2000: #287, 94 boys2001: #275, 100 boys2002: #361, 68 boys2003: #313, 90 boys2004: #352, 84 boys2005: #238, 147 boys2006: #238, 158 boys2007: #222, 197 boys2008: #181, 269 boys2009: #175, 307 boys2010: #164, 338 boys2011: #167, 345 boys2012: #161, 361 boys2013: #159, 351 boys2014: #146, 378 boys2015: #135, 434 boys2016: #123, 504 boys2017: #119, 506 boys2018: #110, 557 boys2019: #108, 572 boys2020: #80, 720 boys2021: #83, 719 boys2022: #87, 655 boys2023: #91, 573 boys2024: #96, 567 boys2025: #90, 597 boys#305 in 1996peak #80, 2020#90in 2025
Show the numbers
YearRankBoys
199630580
1997256113
1998244123
1999212145
200028794
2001275100
200236168
200331390
200435284
2005238147
2006238158
2007222197
2008181269
2009175307
2010164338
2011167345
2012161361
2013159351
2014146378
2015135434
2016123504
2017119506
2018110557
2019108572
202080720
202183719
202287655
202391573
202496567
202590597

Source: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3)

The long view: in France

Half of the boys named Milo in France since 1925 were born in or after 2019. Peak: 2021, about 491 per 100,000 boys. Babies per 100,000 boys, five-year periods.

1925-1929: 0 per 100,000 boys1930-1934: 0 per 100,000 boys1935-1939: 0 per 100,000 boys1940-1944: 0 per 100,000 boys19401945-1949: 0 per 100,000 boys1950-1954: 0.2 per 100,000 boys1955-1959: 0 per 100,000 boys1960-1964: 0 per 100,000 boys19601965-1969: 0 per 100,000 boys1970-1974: 0 per 100,000 boys1975-1979: 0 per 100,000 boys1980-1984: 0 per 100,000 boys19801985-1989: 0.3 per 100,000 boys1990-1994: 0.5 per 100,000 boys1995-1999: 3.7 per 100,000 boys2000-2004: 26.3 per 100,000 boys20002005-2009: 89.9 per 100,000 boys2010-2014: 143.8 per 100,000 boys2015-2019: 239.3 per 100,000 boys2020-2024: 411.4 per 100,000 boys20202025: 361.8 per 100,000 boys20252020-2024: about 1 in 243 boys
Show the numbers
YearsPer 100,000 boys
1925–19290
1930–19340
1935–19390
1940–19440
1945–19490
1950–19540.2
1955–19590
1960–19640
1965–19690
1970–19740
1975–19790
1980–19840
1985–19890.3
1990–19940.5
1995–19993.7
2000–200426.3
2005–200989.9
2010–2014143.8
2015–2019239.3
2020–2024411.4
2025361.8

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 Milo

Brother names

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

  1. 1 in 178, Catalonia

  2. 1 in 372, England and Wales

  3. 1 in 91, Norway

  4. 1 in 29, Italy

  5. 1 in 293, Scotland

  6. 1 in 203, Switzerland

  7. 1 in 317, Scotland

  8. 1 in 723, England and Wales

  9. 1 in 614, Scotland

  10. 1 in 460, Northern Ireland

All 40 brother names for Milo

Middle names

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

  1. 1 in 50, Ireland

  2. 1 in 61, Northern Ireland

  3. 1 in 103, England and Wales

  4. 1 in 62, Poland

  5. 1 in 86, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 88, England and Wales

  7. 1 in 137, Scotland

  8. 1 in 224, Northern Ireland

Full-name check

Milo Jack

Syllables 2-1Initials M.J.No sound clashes between the parts.

All 40 middle names for Milo

Sisters for Milo: Nova, Thea, Livia, and 5 more
  1. NovaRose and fell with Milo · Same generation as Milo
  2. TheaRose and fell with Milo · Same generation as Milo
  3. LiviaRose and fell with Milo · Same generation as Milo
  4. ElianaRose and fell with Milo · Same generation as Milo
  5. YaraRose and fell with Milo · Same generation as Milo
  6. AryaRose and fell with Milo · Same generation as Milo
  7. TaliaRose and fell with Milo · Same generation as Milo
  8. AmayaRose and fell with Milo · Same generation as Milo

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

Moved with Milo

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

  1. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

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

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  5. Rare across the UK, Poland, Israel, and 8 more places.

  6. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 11 more places.

  7. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  8. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 9 more places.

Famous people named Milo

Milo Đukanović, Milo Ventimiglia, and 5 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 Milo

How popular is Milo in British Columbia?

Milo ranked #74 in British Columbia in 2023, given to 41 boys, about 1 in 317.

Is Milo rising in popularity?

In some places: it is rising in more of them than it is falling. Rising in 10 of the 21 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 3. Rising in: Norway, Catalonia, Austria, Netherlands, Cologne, and 5 other regions.

What does Milo mean?

Milo comes from Miles, which means “grace, favor”, according to Wiktionary.

How many syllables does Milo have?

Milo has 2 syllables: MY-loh.

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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