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Girl · English pet form of Germanic names
Millie
Say it: MIL-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Mildred (Old English mild 'gentle' and thryth 'strength') or Millicent (Germanic amal 'work' and swinth 'strong').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in the late 1800s and popular again in Britain and the US in recent years.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 33,358 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1883, about 1 in 725 girls
- 1,494 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Milly
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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