Milou (given name)

Milou is a feminine given name, a contraction of the names Marie and Louise, but historically a nickname for Émile or Émilie,[1][2] and also a feminine form of the Czech word milý ("kind, dear").[3] It is also the name of a dog in the comic strip The Adventures of Tintin.[4] It is a currently popular name for girls in the Netherlands.[5]

Milou
Origin
Word/nameDutch, French
MeaningCombination of Marie and Louise
Other names
See alsoLilou, Louise, Malou, Marie.

Notes
  1. "Name Profile: Milou".
  2. "Milou - Nordic Names".
  3. "milý - Wiktionary".
  4. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Milou".
  5. "Dit zijn de populairste babynamen in Amsterdam". 6 January 2022.
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