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Meaning

The name Milton has the following meaning:

A town with a mill or "Middle town".
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Milton is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 730 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Milton fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 71 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 1000 in the Top 1000 charts. (A ranking of 1000 means that this name ranked 1000 or poorer in the 2008/2009 popularity surveys)

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Milton in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Milton is pronounced as mil-tun

Origins

Milton originates from the English language.
See other suggested English boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Milton and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Milton: Boys - Burdette, Dalston, Delwin, Dempster, Dorman, Eldred, Erling, Fitzhugh, Grant, Hamp, Lyle, Norbert, Norris, Preston, Rayburn, Sheldon, Wayman, Weldon, Girls - Daralis, Emerald, Myrna, Both genders - Addison, Ashton, Grace

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Milton: Millten, Millton, Milltun, Milt (Nickname), Milte, Miltea, Miltee, Milten, Miltey, Milti, Miltie, Miltun, Milty, Myllten, Myllton, Mylltun, Mylt, Mylte, Mylten, Mylton, Myltun

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Milton are: Milt

Style

We think the name Milton should fall under the following style category: Porch Sitter.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Milton to be: Well-read, funny chap

In one word, you might describe Milton as a(n) "well-read" person.

See other "well-read" names for boys.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Milton (or its variants) are:

Milton Snavely Hershey, born on 13 September, a famous entrepreneur. Milton Snavely Hershey's background: A confectioner, philanthropist, and founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company and the 'company town' of Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Apollo Milton Opeto Obote, born on 28 December, a famous president. Apollo Milton Opeto Obote's background: Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985, was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from the British colonial administration in 1962.

Milton Friedman, born on 31 July, a famous economist. Milton Friedman's background: An American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. An advocate of 'economic freedom', Friedman made major contributions to the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, and statistics. In 1976, he was awarded the Nobel memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy,
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