Milan
A boys' name on a clear climb: more Milans were born last year than in any year before, part of a steady comeback. Its Slavic root means "dear" or "gracious", and meeting one still feels uncommon enough to notice.
Milan Pronunciation
Milan is pronounced MEE-lahn (/ˈmilan/).
What Milan means
Where Milan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Milan begins in the Slavic root "mil," which means dear or gracious. That root spreads across the Slavic languages, feeding words for kindness and affection wherever they are spoken. The ending "-an" is an old name-forming suffix, so the whole reads as something close to "the dear one."
In Polish the meaning lands near "miły" and "kochany." A boy named Milan wears that sense from his first day.
The name travels well. It is short. On a school register in Kraków it takes up little room, and it asks for no nickname to soften it. Whatever a Milan grows into, the root keeps its old task: to name him as dear, as gracious, as someone others hold close.
How many people are named Milan
1 in 2402 men in Poland is named Milan. 8,896 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #378 among male names.
Milan's popularity over time
825 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #79 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2001.
Where parents choose Milan
Milan is most popular in Lubusz, 78% above the national average (191 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Opole (+69%) and West Pomeranian (+53%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Masovian, 46% and 42% below average respectively.
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Lubusz
+78%1 in 260 babies
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Opole
+69%1 in 274 babies
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West Pomeranian
+53%1 in 304 babies
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Podlaskie
−46%1 in 854 babies
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Masovian
−42%1 in 802 babies
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Lublin
−29%1 in 650 babies
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Lubusz+78% 191 born1 in 260 babies+78%
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Opole+69% 168 born1 in 274 babies+69%
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West Pomeranian+53% 278 born1 in 304 babies+53%
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Lower Silesian+46% 495 born1 in 317 babies+46%
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Pomeranian+28% 405 born1 in 364 babies+28%
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Silesian+11% 544 born1 in 418 babies+11%
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Łódź+7% 292 born1 in 434 babies+7%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+4% 245 born1 in 446 babies+4%
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Greater Poland+2% 474 born1 in 454 babies+2%
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Subcarpathian−3% 253 born1 in 477 babies−3%
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Holy Cross−10% 108 born1 in 513 babies−10%
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Lesser Poland−18% 400 born1 in 567 babies−18%
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Warmian-Masurian−18% 127 born1 in 565 babies−18%
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Lublin−29% 158 born1 in 650 babies−29%
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Masovian−42% 442 born1 in 802 babies−42%
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Podlaskie−46% 77 born1 in 854 babies−46%
Milan as a middle name
Milan is a first name for 8,896 men in Poland and a middle name for another 806, a 92/8 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 251st, between Korneliusz (817) and Cyryl (804).
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#249 Carlos819
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#250 Korneliusz817
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#251 Milan806
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#252 Cyryl804
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#253 Kryspin800