Girl · Germanic, through Old French
Millicent
Say it: MIL-ih-sent
Meaning
From Old French Melisent, from Germanic Amalaswinth: amal (perhaps 'vigour, work') and swinth 'strong'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in medieval England and revived in the 19th century.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1920s
In the United States
- 11,237 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1927, about 1 in 4,800 girls
- 98 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Milicent, Melisent
| French | Mélisande |
|---|---|
| Latin | Melisenda |
Famous bearers
- Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist
- Melisende, queen of Jerusalem
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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