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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 has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #119 (2025) · 43,847 babies named Milo all-time · 1 in 570 boys born in 2025.

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.

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