Milo (name)

Milo (name)

Milo is a male name with a variety of unrelated and partly uncertain origins.

French

In French context, the name Milo can be traced to a diminutive of the first name "Emile", originally spelled Millot" or "Milot". It originates from the same environment where Diderot occurs as diminutive of Didier.

Latin

In Latin context, a very unlikely etymology derives Milo from the Latin Miles "a soldier". The problem here is that though Milo,, genitive Milonis, is attested as a name in Latin (through Cicero's Pro Milone, "In defense of Milo", there is no derivational pattern in Latin that justifies the connection with "miles".

Germanic

In Germanic context, no Germanic name Milo is known. A possible derivation may be from a Germanic word meaning "mild", as suggested in an earlier version of this article needs to be corroborated with an instance of a Germanic "Milo".

lavic

In Slavic context, it is derived from the Proto-Slavonic root "milu" which means "merciful". Milo- occurs in composite nouns and names, e.g., masculine derivatives include "Miloslav, Milorad, Milan, Miloš, Miłosz, Milenko, Milivoje" while "Mila, Milena" and "Milica" are the most common feminine variants. In this context the name "Milo" is originally a diminutive.

Hebrew

In Hebrew context, Milo is an abbreviation of the Hebrew name MI "who" KHA "like" IL "god", alias Michael meaning "who resembles God". [ [http://www.babynamer.com/Milo "Milo on BabyNamer"] ] [ [http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Milo.html "Origin and Meaning of the Name Milo"] ]

Greek

In Greek context, the famous Venus de Milo was in fact the Greek goddess Aphrodite (her Roman counterpart is Venus) found on the Greek Island of Melos, Latinized as Milo.

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