Milo

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 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◐

Milo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Czech given name114K records spelled Milo147 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Argentina, Serbia, Croatia

  Languages: Czech, Spanish, Croatian

  Also written Milos, Miloš, Милош, Milosh, Melos

• German given name8.6K records spelled Milo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Switzerland

  Also written ́milo

• Croatian given name8.1K records spelled Milo29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Croatia, Philippines

  Languages: Croatian, Polish, Czech

  Also written Milon, Miľo, Мило, Милон, Mylo

• Danish given name5.6K records spelled Milo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Greenland

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Icelandic

  Also written Miló, Milô

• a separate given name2.5K records spelled Milo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ecuador, United Kingdom

  Also written Milò, Miló

• Hindi given name2.2K records spelled Milo4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla

  Also written মিলো

62 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●

Milo 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.

• In Irish, Old German form of Miles, used in Ireland to anglicise the same names.

  as a name·Irish first names

• Latinized form of Miles, regularly used in documents of the Middle Ages, and _ England in the r9th century. MILO MILTON revived as a given name in the 19th century.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• The Old German form of Miles, used in Ireland to anglicise the same names. Milo O’Shea is a contemporary Irish actor.

  as a name·Irish first names

• from a short form of the personal name Emilio, or the Germanic personal name Milo.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, sorghum

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

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Milo of Crotonb. 550IT6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton
• Milo Butlerb. 1906BSBahamian politician (1906-1979)
• Milo O'Sheab. 1926IEIrish American actor (1926-2013)
• Milo Manarab. 1945ITItalian comic creator (born 1945)
• Milo Đukanovićb. 1962ME2nd President of Montenegro
• Milo Ventimigliab. 1977USAmerican actor
• Milo Yiannopoulosb. 1984GBBritish political commentator
• Milo Gibsonb. 1990AUAustralian-American actor
• Milo Manheimb. 2001USAmerican actor and singer
• Milo Parkerb. 2002GBBritish actor

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 · 920 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Milo?

We estimate roughly 49 thousand people bear Milo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Milo have the most bearers?

We estimate about 21 thousand people bear Milo in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled milo.

Where is Milo most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Milo is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 1.7 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

Is Milo a male or female name?

Milo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Milo mean?

Recorded meaning: Slavic origin, diminutive of Miloslav; linked to “brillante victoire” (bright victory).