MILano

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Milan in CZ Czechia, HU Hungary, HR Croatia and 20 more, Милан in RU Russia, MK North Macedonia, Milana in NO Norway, LV Latvia and Мілан in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

MILano is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname59K records spelled MILano52 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Algeria

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Milàno, Mílano, Mîlânô, Milanó, Mîlano

• Swahili given name716 records spelled MILano5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Serbia, Kenya

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Milan, Milán

• Vietnamese given name642 records spelled MILano10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Vietnam, United States, Serbia

  Also written Milan, Mìlánồ, M̲̅i̲̅l̲̅a̲̅n̲̅, Milanô, Mïlànô

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

MILano is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• habitational name from Milan, Italian Milano (from Latin Mediolan(i)um, composed of Celtic elements meaning ‘middle’ -I- ‘plain’).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Italian, name from Middleforth in Lancs.; the two placename elements -hurst and -forth are sometimes confused in sur¬ names in N England. Middlemass Scots: regional name from a district near

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In some instances the surname may be Spanish, of the same origin as 1 or a habitational name from Milano in Salamanca province.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Italian, Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, natural de Milano, cujo nome vem de Mediolanum

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 17 years between 2006–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Giuseppe Milanob. 1887ITItalian footballer and manager (1887-1971)
• Mino Milanib. 1928ITnot in their usual nameItalian journalist and writer (1928–2022)
• Mario Milanob. 1935ITItalian professional wrestler (1935-2016)
• Mario Milanob. 1936ITItalian Roman Catholic archbishop
• Elías Jauab. 1969VEnot in their usual nameVenezuelan politician
• Alyssa Milanob. 1972USAmerican actress (born 1972)
• Dan Milanob. 1972USAmerican voice actor, puppeteer, writer and director
• Alexia Milanob. 1984USpornographic performer (b. 1984)
• Sonny Milanob. 1996USAmerican ice hockey player
• Mirano Honjōb. 2000JPnot in their usual nameJapanese tarento

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 203 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name MILano?

We estimate roughly 329 thousand people bear MILano (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does MILano have the most bearers?

We estimate about 215 thousand people bear MILano in the Czechia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled milan.

Where is MILano most common?

MILano is densest in the Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 50 people carrying it.

How common is MILano compared with other names?

In the Czechia, MILano is the 22nd most common given name of 28,899 given names recorded there.

What does the name MILano mean?

Recorded meaning: one who came from Milan, It.