However, it is also believed that the name may derive from the Latin word "miles," meaning "soldier".
It is also believed that the word comes from the ancient Greek "milos," which means "of the yew-flower".
The name also bears Germanic and Gothic origins, with the word "milo," meaning "the great merciful".
The name Milo has documented usage as far back as the c. 9th-century BC ancient Greece.
Whilst the feminine equivalents to the name Milo is either Mila or Myla.