Given name & surname

Milán

“gentle”

Milán is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Milán is a romanization of Милан. Милан goes back to a word meaning “gentle.”

Explained through its name family

Milán’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Milán has a conventional equivalent in the English form Milan. In Bulgarian usage, Milán is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Милан.

Walk Milán’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Milán has relatives in 3 languages.

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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