Given name & surname
Milo
“one who is merciful”·“a soldier”·“a saintly man”
Milo is a variant of Miles. Interpretations include “one who is merciful” and “a soldier”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Milo has a related form in Teilo. One Welsh interpretation is “a saintly man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Milo is a variant of Miles. Interpretations include “one who is merciful” and “a soldier”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Milo has a related form in Teilo. One Welsh interpretation is “a saintly man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Milo has a related form in Teilo. An origin associated with Teilo is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Milo is used as a form of MILEs.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44,313
- 43,847 boys · 466 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 3,162 babies
- 2025
- 2,995
- #119 for boys · #5,849 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +40%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,974 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 119 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 21 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (306). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,333 as a first name in 2020; 2,454 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.
Milo’s family of names
Milo is an affectionate form of Myles. Milo has a related form in Miles. Milo is a Latinized form of Miles.
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Around the world
Milo has relatives in 6 languages.
10 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Milesvariant · English
- Mylesfull form
- Милоvariant · Serbian
- Milotdiminutive · ceb
- Miloydiminutive · ceb
- Twrogvariant · Welsh
- Mwrogvariant · Welsh
- Teilovariant · Welsh
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Spellings & scripts 4
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 Milo
- Milo Đukanović2nd President of Montenegroborn 1962
- Milo VentimigliaAmerican actorborn 1977
- Milo YiannopoulosBritish far-right political commentatorborn 1984
- Milo of Croton6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton554 BC
- Milo ManheimAmerican actor and singerborn 2001
- Milo ManaraItalian comic creator (born 1945)
- Milo O'SheaIrish American actor (1926-2013)
- Milo MoiréSwiss conceptual artistborn 1987
- Milo ButlerBahamian politician (1906-1979)
Characters named Milo: Milo Rambaldi (the television series Alias).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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