Milan (given name)

Milan (given name)
Milan (Cyrillic: Милан) is a common Slavic male name and less commonly, a Roman name. It is derived from the Slavic element mil, with meanings kind, loving, and gracious. Milan was originally a diminutive or nickname for those whose Slavic names began with "Mil-". It is found in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Hungary. It was in the top 5 names for boys born in Serbia in 2012. It was in the top 20 names for boys born in Slovakia in 2004. It was the eighth most popular name for boys born in the Netherlands in 2007, and seventh in Flanders in 2009.
Eastern European origin and use
It originates from the Old Slavic word mil, variant: mio, i.e. "beloved", "pleasant", "dear" which is common at the beginning of many Slavic names.
This is the same root in Serbian names like Miloslav, Milomir, Milica, Milka, Miloš, Milutin, Miodrag, Miomir etc. most of which were first recorded in Serbian sources already in the pre-Nemanjić Age.
According to the Czech calendar Milan's Day is on 18 June,
Slovenian calendar: 11 September, 11 October, 12 November,
Croatian calendar: 13 November,
Slovak calendar: 27 November,
Hungary: 19 May
Roman name
Milan is also a name used in Romance-speaking Europe owing to its Ancient Roman meaning of "eager and laborious". The people named like that are named after the Italian city by that name.
Other versions
Men's versions of the name: Milanek (diminutive), Miladin, Milad, Milanko, Milče, Milček, Milči, Milčo, Milušo, Mile, Milen, Milenko, Miletus, Mili, Milivoj, Milibor, Milidrag, Miligoj, Milija, Milijan, Milinko, Milisav, Milivoj, Milivoje, Milk, Milivojko, Miljan, Miljenko, Miljutin, Milko, Milodrag, Milogoj, Miloje, Milojko, Miloljub, Milomir, Milorad, Miloslav, Miloš, Miłosz, Bogumił, Milovan, Milun, Milutin, Miňo, Mišo
Female versions of the name: , Milanka, Milena, Milica, Milijana, Miljanka, Milinka, Milislava, Milivoje, Milivojka, Mila, Miljana, Miljanka, Milka, Milojka, Milodraga, Milomirka, Milorad, Milosav, Milosavka, Miloslavka, Miloška, Milovana, Milovanka, Milunka
Family names derived from names
From the name of Milan and its variants a number of surnames were created. The most famous are: Milanović, Milanovac, Milanković, Miłosław, Milanić, Milač, Milavec, Miletić, Milić, Miljković, and others.
People
Milan I of Serbia, the ruling Prince of Serbia (1868–1882), and later King of Serbia (1882–1889)
Milan Acquaah (born 1997), American basketball player
Milan Aleksić, Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion
Milan, Indian film art director
Milan the Leather Boy, a New York musician and producer active in the 1960s
Milan Balažic, Slovene politician and diplomat
Milan Baroš, Czech football player
Milan Biševac, Serbian football player
Milan Begović, Croatian writer
Milan (drag queen), American drag queen
Milan Ftáčnik, Slovak politician, former mayor of Slovak capital city of Bratislava
Milán Füst, Hungarian writer
Milan Hejduk, Czech ice hockey player
Milan Hodža, Slovak Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
Milan Jayathilaka (born 1981), Sri Lankan politician
Milan Jovanović, several notable people with this name
Milan Kangrga, Croatian philosopher
Milan Karlíček, Czech ice hockey player
Milan Komar, Slovene philosopher
Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia
Milan Kundera, Czech writer
Milan Luthria, Indian film director (name unrelated to Slavic)
Milan Lucic, Canadian hockey player
Milan Máčala, Czech football coach
Milan Mačvan, Serbian basketball player
Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
Milan Mladenović, Serbian musician
Milan Nedić, Prime Minister of Nazi-occupied Serbia
Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia
Milan Pogačnik, Slovenian politician
Milan Puskar, Serbian-American entrepreneur
Milan Rapaić, Croatian football player
Milan Rešetar, Serbian linguist and historian
Milan Rúfus, Slovak poet
Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician and astronomer, general of French Army
Milan Stanković, Serbian singer
Milan Šašik, Slovak bishop
Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian and politician
Milan Vaclavik, Slovak military general and defense minister (1985-1989)
Milan Arambašić, Serbian writer
Milan Vidmar, Slovene engineer, chess player, and philosopher
Fictional characters
Milan Hendrickx, a recurring character in the Belgian series wtFOCK.
See also
Slavic names
Milano (disambiguation)#People
Notes
Masculine given names
Czech masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Macedonian masculine given names
Slovene masculine given names
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Bulgarian masculine given names
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