Given name & surname
Milad
“son of the sun”
Milad is a given name. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Milad goes back to a word meaning “son of the sun.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 455
- 455 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,514 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,514 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,596 as a first name in 2020; 305 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Milad’s family of names
In German usage, Milad has a conventional equivalent in the Persian form میلاد. In Greek usage, Milad is a transliteration of Μιλάντ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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.
People named Milad
- Milad Mohammadifootballerborn 1993
- Milad BeigiAzerbaijani taekwondo practitionerborn 1991
- Milad EbadipourIranian volleyball playerborn 1993
- Milad SalemAfghan footballerborn 1988
- Milad SarlakIranian soccer playerborn 1995
- Milad KarimiKazakhstani gymnastborn 1999
- Milad VaziriIranian archerborn 1988
- Milad MeydavoudiIranian footballerborn 1985
- Milad Farahanifootballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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