Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Milon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 149
- 149 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 8 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 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 309 as a first name in 2020; 494 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.
Milon’s family of names
Milon shares a linguistic root with Milosz.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Milon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Milton
“from the mill town”
>99% boys
Mahlon
“one who is sick”
98% boys · 2% girls
Myron
“refers to myrrh, a fragrant oil”
>99% boys
Wilton
“from the town on the river”
>99% boys
Hilton
“a wealthy woman” · “from the town on the hill”
85% boys · 15% girls
Elson
“from the nobleman's town”
>99% boys
Walton
“from the walled town; from the stream town”
>99% boys
Harmon
“a soldier”
91% boys · 9% girls