Milko (name)

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Milko (Cyrillic script: Милко) is a Slavic name that may refer to:

Cyrillic script alphabetic writing system

The Cyrillic script is a writing system used for various alphabets across Eurasia, particularly in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and North Asia. It is based on the Early Cyrillic alphabet developed during the 9th century AD at the Preslav Literary School in the First Bulgarian Empire. It is the basis of alphabets used in various languages, especially those of Orthodox Slavic origin, and non-Slavic languages influenced by Russian. As of 2011, around 250 million people in Eurasia use it as the official alphabet for their national languages, with Russia accounting for about half of them. With the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union on 1 January 2007, Cyrillic became the third official script of the European Union, following Latin and Greek.

Given name

Milko Bambič also known by the nicknames Cvetanov and Banetov, was a prolific illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, inventor, children's writer, publicist, and painter from the Slovene minority in Italy (1920-1947). He is regarded as one of the most versatile Slovene artists and a prominent Italian Futurist painter. He published in both Italian and Slovene. He is known for the first Slovene comic strip Little Negro Bu-ci-bu, an allegory of Mussolini's career, and as the creator of the Three Hearts brand, still used today by Radenska.

Milko Bjelica Montenegrin basketball player

Milko Bjelica is a Serbian-born Montenegrin professional basketball player who currently plays for Alvark Tokyo of the Japanese B.League.

Milko Bobotsov the first Bulgarian International Grandmaster of chess

Milko Georgiev Bobotsov was the first Bulgarian to attain the chess title of Grandmaster, achieving this title in 1961. Prior to gaining the title he won the Bulgarian national championship in 1958. Probably his best result was equal second at the powerful Alekhine Memorial tournament in Moscow in 1967. Other successes included first or shared first places at Varna 1957, Pécs 1964 and Sarajevo, Bosna 1971.

Surname

Jean A. Milko is Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

Vadym Milko Ukrainian footballer

Vadym Ivanovych Milko is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Kolos Kovalivka.

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Milan is a common Slavic male name and less commonly, a Roman name. It is derived from the Slavic element mil, with meanings kind, loving, and gracious. Milan was originally a diminutive or nickname for those whose Slavic names began with "Mil-". It is used predominantly by Czechs, Slovaks and Serbs but also frequently in Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary. It was in the top 5 names for boys born in Serbia in 2012. It was in the top 20 names for boys born in Slovakia in 2004. It was the eighth most popular name for boys born in the Netherlands in 2007, and seventh in Flanders in 2009.

Zlatko is a South Slavic masculine given name. The name is derived from the word zlato meaning gold with hypocoristic suffix -ko common in South Slavic languages.

Stanko or Stańko is a variation of the Slavic masculine given name Stanislav. Notable people with the name include:

Ilija is a South Slavic male given name, cognate of Ilya/Elijah.

Marjan is a Dutch and Iranian version of the feminine given name Marianne as well as a Macedonian and Slovene version of the masculine given name Marius. The Iranian feminine given name also means "coral" (wikt:مرجان).