Settlement with a mill
Derived from Old English elements meaning 'mill' and 'town' or 'settlement'. It was originally a common English surname and place name before becoming a popular given name in the 19th century.
Less common today
Milton isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #555 in 1991.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).
17th-century English poet known for Paradise Lost
Founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company
Nobel Prize-winning economist
Comedian and early television star known as Uncle Miltie
Scientist and survivor in Woodbury Β· The Walking Dead
The eccentric employee obsessed with his red stapler Β· Office Space