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Milo

“Variant of Miles — Uncertain origin; folk-linked to Latin for soldier, or Slavic for grace” — Old French, of uncertain Germanic or Slavic origin

Boy's name · #119 in the US (2025) · Trending

Milo is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #119 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 44,000 boys have been named Milo along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: #43 in Belgium (2025) · #44 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #45 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #45 in France (2025) · #52 in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Milos

• Milo Đukanović — 2nd President of Montenegro
• Milo Ventimiglia — American actor
• Milo Yiannopoulos — British political commentator
• Milo of Croton — 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton
• Milo Manara — Italian comic creator (born 1945)

In stories & tradition

• Milo (Caesar) — Conquest of the Planet of the Apes · Escape from the Planet of the Apes
• Milo Rambaldi — Alias
• Milo Pressman — 24

What Milos become

Among 269 notable people named Milo:

Entertainers appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Milo Ventimiglia, American actor.

Similar names: Mylo · Barrett · Miller · Shiloh · Emilio · Enzo

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