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Милан

“gentle”

Милан (Milán) is a masculine given name. It is used in Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian.

Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Milan.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Милан goes back to a word meaning “gentle.”

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How it developed

Built from Bulgarian мил (“gentle”) + -а́н.

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Милан’s family of names

In Macedonian usage, Милан has a related form in Milan. In Macedonian usage, Милан has a conventional equivalent in the English form Milan. In Bulgarian usage, Милан can be written in the Roman alphabet as Milán.

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Милан has relatives in 4 languages.

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Nicknames & forms 7

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Spellings & scripts 2

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