Given name & surname
Milos
“the favorite”·“one who is merciful”·“a soldier”
Milos is a variant of Melos. One Greek interpretation is “the favorite.” Milos is a variant of Miles. Interpretations include “one who is merciful” and “a soldier”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Milos is a variant of Melos. One Greek interpretation is “the favorite.” Milos is a variant of Miles. Interpretations include “one who is merciful” and “a soldier”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Milos is a variant of Melos. An origin associated with Melos is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 432
- 432 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,050 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,050 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,353 as a first name in 2020; 753 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.
Milos’s family of names
Milos shares a linguistic root with Milosz. Milos has a related form in Miles. Milos has a related form in Melos.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Milos
- Milos RaonicCanadian tennis player (born 1990)
- Milos KerkezHungarian-Serbian footballer (born 2003)
- Miloš MilojevićSerbian association football managerborn 1982
- Milos MilosSerbian actor (1941-1966)
- Miloš ŽutićSerbian actor1939–1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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