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Meaning of the nameMilton

Milton is a male name of English origin, coming from a surname taken from place names that mean 'middle town' or 'mill town'.

Meaning

“'middle town' or 'mill town'”

Source: Behind the Name: Milton

People (2022)
105,286
Rank in Brazil
#309
Median age
58 years
2010 Census
125,935
people

Milton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Milton, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (29,807 people).

262 women 105,024 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Milton is most common

States with the highest share of people named Milton in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Minas Gerais 0.073%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.073%
  3. São Paulo 0.069%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.067%
  5. Paraná 0.065%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo30,4540.069%
Minas Gerais15,0600.073%
Bahia8,1060.057%
Rio Grande do Sul7,8860.073%
Paraná7,3840.065%
Rio de Janeiro6,2120.039%
Goiás3,5350.050%
Pará3,0140.037%
Santa Catarina2,9790.039%
Pernambuco2,2380.025%
Mato Grosso2,1770.060%
Maranhão2,1470.032%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,8460.067%
Espírito Santo1,6820.044%
Ceará1,6240.019%
Distrito Federal1,1420.041%
Piauí1,0740.033%
Amazonas1,0560.027%
Alagoas9640.031%
Rio Grande do Norte9180.028%
Rondônia9140.058%
Paraíba8310.021%
Sergipe7590.034%
Tocantins6590.044%
Amapá2400.033%
Acre2060.025%
Roraima1790.028%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Milton

Wiktionary records Milton in Portuguese as an unadapted English borrowing in Brazilian use, and Mílton, with an accent, as a borrowing of the same name. Behind the Name explains that the name comes from the English surname Milton, derived from various place names that mean 'middle town' or 'mill town', and records it also in Portuguese use. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil points to Milton as the probable source of the ending -ilton in Brazilian names such as Adilton and Edilton. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 105,286 people named Milton, with a median age of 58; proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Milton · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Mílton · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  3. Behind the Name: Milton · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Milton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilton) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Milton

What does the name Milton mean?

Milton means “'middle town' or 'mill town'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Milton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 105,286 people with the first name Milton, which ranks it number 309 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Milton a boy's or a girl's name?

Milton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 262 women and 105,024 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Milton?

Milton is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Milton most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.073% of the state's population is named Milton (15,060 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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