Mylon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mylon by the numbers

Mylon was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Mylon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mylon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Mylosoldier, merciful; a modern respelling of Milo136 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Myronmyrrh, sweet oil115 in the US (2017)
  • Mylan10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mylin13 in the US (2017)
  • Mylen3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Malon8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mylon

Names that are said the same way as Mylon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Millangracious dear; form of milan6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milengracious; merciful3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Millenlover of mills; variant of millard7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milan169 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milon6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mylon

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