Given name & surname
Milek
“of the victorious people”
Milek is a variant of Mikolas. In Basque use, Mikolas carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Milek is a variant of Mikolas. In Basque use, Mikolas carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Milek connects to the Nicholas name family through Mikolas. An origin associated with Nicholas is Dutch.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Milek connects to the Nicholas name family through Mikolas. The history of Nicholas gives this family its wider story. Nicholas’s Christian associations include Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop of Myra in Lycia, about whom virtually nothing factual is known.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Milek through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 24 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 301 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.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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