Milosz
From a Slavic root meaning something like "one who is loved". Barely a hundred Poles carry it, so most have never met one, and the few boys given it each year all arrived recently.
Milosz Pronunciation
Milosz is pronounced MEE-losh (/ˈmilɔʂ/).
What Milosz means
Where Milosz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Miłosz grows from the Slavic root mił, meaning dear or beloved. It began as a short form, a familiar version of longer two-part names such as Miłosław, Miłorad and Miłobrat. In each of those, mił opens the name and gives it the sense of love. Over time the diminutive broke free and stood alone.
The Polish meaning is ten, który jest miłowany, the one who is loved. The root is love. That sense has held steady across the men and boys who carry it.
A boy named Miłosz meets his name early. He marks his imieniny on 25 January, and a teacher reading the class register pauses on the ł before moving on. The name sits easily among Polish children today, less common than Jakub.
Its closest relatives are still the old compound names. Miłosław keeps the same first syllable and the same root. Say Miłosz and you say a smaller, warmer form of dear.
How many people are named Milosz
1 in 205252 men in Poland is named Milosz. 104 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3353 among male names.
Milosz's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1311 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Milosz as a middle name
Milosz is a first name for 104 men in Poland and a middle name for another 40, a 72/28 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1257th, between Kristof (40) and Niklas (40).
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#1255 Jair40
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#1256 Kristof40
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#1257 Milosz40
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#1258 Niklas40
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#1259 Owidiusz40