Milan

Just because Milan has "a" in it does not make it a feminine name. Milan is a masculine name in certain Slavic countries, and will always be that way no matter on what gender it is used. I usually don't care about city names, so I wouldn't name my son Milan, but this is a fine name for a boy. I have never considered it feminine or unisex in any way. Use Milena or Mila instead if you're considering Milan for a girl!

Personally, I believe Milan can be used for either girls or boys because it is the 21st-century and 'girl' and 'boy' names don't exist, whatever that means. I am quite confused as to why the Europeans here believe that Europe is the only continent and that other countries use the same naming 'rules'.

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Some of you say "it's like naming a girl Jack' but I hope you're aware that there are girls named Jack and boys named Jackie, which is usually thought as more feminine.

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Either way, choose whatever name you want. Personally, it seems kinda tacky to me, especially in countries where people immediately think of the city when they hear the name.

It feels too soft for a male name, looks like some soft, sweet name for a female, but doesn't sound like a male name. Anyway, I don't like this name, it feels rather boring and just, not interesting.

I love that a good chunk of the comments regarding the name can be boiled down to "many of the [possibly sexist and homophobic?] people in my strongly heteronormative part of the world think this is a male name, therefore, ALL people everywhere, regardless of how inclined they are to participate in gender policing, are also required to consider this a male name, otherwise they might one day come across a chauvinistic Southern Slav who, when he meets their daughter Milan, will get his panties in a bunch and go cry to mommy." Yeah, those people are definitely the people you should listen to when choosing a name for your baby.

I'm sorry but as someone who's part Slavic myself, this will never be a feminine name for me. Mila and Milana are both great feminine alternatives for this name so why not use them?

I never knew Milan was a boy name. But either way, either this name is actually unisex or not is debatable. But outside of America, it is a boy name.

I'm laughing my butt off at people believing Milan is a female name. That's just hilarious. Milán in Hungary is also a pretty famous male name, in fact, I find it to be beautiful and gentle to the sound. But then again, I can't really say much since the Italian city in Hungarian is Milano and on top of that, we don't have such ridiculous freedom in naming our kids like in America (like naming yours after cities). Nonetheless, it's somehow offensive on behalf of its Slavic origin if the parents didn't have the city in mind when they chose it for their daughter.

When Russians or other Slavs hear that some American has named his daughter Milan, it sounds like John or Jack. For a girl? Oh man... Then he should give his son a name like Jessica... for a happy family.

The only reason this strikes me as kind of feminine is because of Mulan. But I kind of like it on a boy. The pronunciation mih-LAHN is definitely English, and the first thing that comes to mind is the city.

My father is Serbian, he mentioned Milan being a male's names. Did I listen? Nope. My mother is Latin and I'm American so when I decided to name my daughter Milan it was more based on the city. The reason? My first daughter is Miami, Milan and third Madison... all names of cities to me.

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I didn't even think or hesitate on the name not being for a girl because I don't live in Serbia, don't plan on living anywhere in Europe in my lifetime so I doubt it'll affect us.

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We may get the confused look from Serbs or anyone else who knows it's a boys name but there's so few we run into (we live in a predominantly Hispanic and White American area)- I doubt I will ever encounter enough Slavs in my lifetime to make me doubt the choice of names, we just aren't around too many.

I have read all of the information about this name from the previous comments; the origin, meaning, preferred gender, etc... And while I respect the culture behind this name and the passion that Slav's have with the tradition for this name to be only for boys, I still plan to name my unborn daughter Milan. Since my husband and I decided on this name it made me smile and every time I say the name (talking to my unborn daughter or telling someone what her name will be) I smile. It makes me feel joyful and happy. I am so in love with this name that I know it belongs to my daughter. If this makes me cultureless or stupid (as said in the previous comments), then so be it. I would much rather name my child something that makes me feel good and proud regardless of anyone else's opinion... other's opinions are irrelevant. I'm happy, my husband is happy, and we will be sure that our daughter is happy and that's all that matters to us.

The name Milan was given to 150 baby boys born in the US in 2012. Why the heck are people giving this name to girls? It's not for the city, its of Slavic origin and meant for males and pronounced mee-LAHN.

Milan is a girls name, and if you think its only for a boy you are mistaken!
Source: babynamespedia "The baby girl name Milan is also used as a boy name, though it is slightly more popular for girls. It is pronounced as Mih-LAAN or MIY-LaeN †. Milan is of Slavonic origin and it is used mainly in English. Milan is a form of the Czech, English, Indian, Italian, and Slavic Milana.

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Milan is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked recently in 2011 with 0.024% of baby girls being named Milan. It was #608 in rank then. Among all girl names in its family, Milan was the most popular in 2011. Milan was thrice as popular as the next ranked name, Milana, in that year. Although Milan is today somewhat more frequently used for baby girls, there was a period from 1912 to 1958 when more boys were given the name. After 2009, increasingly the name became more popular with baby girls than with boys. "

I didn't know that Milan was like John or Joe on other continents. My 20 year old daughter Milan still gets lots of compliments on her name. The city is what she's named after. Always good to know how others move though.

This name sounds nice on a boy as long as he's of Slavic heritage. On a girl, Milan sounds ridiculous and strange. Mila or Milena would be better for a girl.

I adore this name, correctly pronounced (MEE-lan), and I'd quite happily use it. It's lovely and masculine.

It is a male name. NOT A GIRL'S NAME. Name Milan sounds stupid to us Slavs when it's used for girls.

It's a gorgeous name but please don't use it on a girl. That's not trendy, it's really against its Slavic origin which makes it sounds so ridiculous for anybody who has Slavic background or speaks a Slavic language!

I like this name. It is very cool and interesting but I see it as a girl name not a boys.

I have been thinking about this name lately and whilst I'm not into geographical names I think this would be quite lovely on a girl. Pronounced Mill-ahn. There would be some nice nickname's too, Milly or Lahny.

I would love to name a future son after my favorite city and football (soccer) team AC Milan. His full name would be Massimiliano though.

Milan strikes me as a female name. Maybe it's because all the Milans I know are girls.

Milan can never be a unisex name because its of male gender. A female version is Milena or Milana. The male version is never used for a girl unless you are a non-Slav and you don't know how our names work. To a foreigner it might sound as a girls name - I honestly don't see how - but to a Slav it never would. Anyway, a beautiful name in my opinion and its female counterpart.