Milan
Meaning and origin
Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolana burg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Milan (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Milan has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 12 |
| 2005 | 12 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 18 |
| 2008 | 23 |
| 2009 | 24 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2011 | 19 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 36 |
| 2014 | 44 |
| 2015 | 43 |
| 2016 | 52 |
| 2017 | 61 |
| 2018 | 90 |
| 2019 | 86 |
| 2020 | 76 |
| 2021 | 87 |
| 2022 | 81 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 834 |
| 2000 | – | 854 |
| 2001 | – | 872 |
| 2002 | – | 882 |
| 2003 | – | 901 |
| 2004 | – | 920 |
| 2005 | – | 929 |
| 2006 | – | 941 |
| 2007 | – | 968 |
| 2008 | – | 994 |
| 2009 | – | 1,030 |
| 2010 | – | 1,050 |
| 2011 | 10 | 1,079 |
| 2012 | – | 1,121 |
| 2013 | – | 1,158 |
| 2014 | – | 1,219 |
| 2015 | – | 1,276 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1,354 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,456 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,567 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,687 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,772 |
Milan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Milan.Hi! My name is Milan.
- Har du träffat Milan? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Milan? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Milan i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Milan this afternoon.
- Milans mamma är lärare.Milan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Milans mamma is Milan's mum.
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Questions about Milan
How do you pronounce Milan in Swedish?
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What does the name Milan mean?
Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolana burg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.
How popular is Milan in Sweden?
81 babies were named Milan in 2022. In 2020, 1,788 people in Sweden had Milan as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.