Millie

Diminutive of Mildred or Millicent

"gentle strength; strong in work"

Millie Origin and Meaning

The name Millie is a girl's name of German, English origin meaning "gentle strength; strong in work".

Millie is back. It's a Top 100 name throughout much of the English-speaking world, though not yet in the US. Millicent would be an appealing long form, but many people are using Millie all by its cute self -- so many, in fact, that it returned to the Top 500 in 2015 for the first time since World War 2 and continues to climb.

Millie is a winner with parents who like their girl names offbeat, frilly, and old-fashioned. Millie is one of the coolest girl names starting with M.

Millie was in the Top 1000 here until 1966, peaking at Number 128 way back in 1881; it made its return appearance in 2009. The name got a lot of attention via the 1967 film Thoroughly Modern Millie, set in the 1920s, but today is more closely identified with the riveting young British actress Millie Bobby Brown who plays Eleven in the television show Stranger Things.

Fashionable relative: Milla or Mila. Milly is also sometimes used. Tillie is another old-school nickname that, like Millie, sounds modern again.

Millie Rank in US Top 1000

# 102 in the US

Millie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 96 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Millie

• 102 US 2023
• 96 Nameberry 2025
• 109 Canada 2023
• 58 Future 2035
• 25 England 2023
• 5 Scotland 2024
• 28 Ireland 2024
• 34 Australia 2024
• 21 New Zealand 2024
• 98 Sweden 2024
• 65 Belgium 2023
• 21 Dogs 2023
• 24 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Millie

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Millie.

• Sadie
• Georgia
• Mae
• Rosie
• Lottie
• Pippa
• Elsie
• June
• Hattie
• Maisie
• Josie
• Tess
• Winnie
• Bea
• Maggie
• Frankie
• Margo
• Evie
• Molly
• Billie

Famous People Named Millie

• Mildred "Millie" Jackson American singer
• Mildred "Millie" Kirkham American singer
• Millie Bobby Brown Spanish,born English actress
• Millicent Dolly May "Millie" Small Jamaican singer,songwriter
• Mildred "Millie" Deegan American female baseball player
• Millie Perkins American actress
• Millie Hughes Fulford, American investigator and biologist
• Camilla "Millie" Mackintosh British reality TV personality of "Made in Chelsea"
• Mili Avital Israeli actress
• Gloria Mills "Millie" Chapman (b. 1991) daughter of singers Amy Grant and Gary Chapman
• Millie Luczak (b. 2009) daughter of tennis player Peter Luczak
• Millie Rose Gubby (b. 2006) daughter of singer Bobby G of Bucks Fizz
• Millie Wenham (b. 2008) daughter of Australian actor David Wehham
• Millie June Rempel (b. 2017) daughter of musician Curtis Rempel
• Millie O'Connell British West End Actress

The name Millie in Pop Culture

• Millie Dillmount main character in "Thoroughly Modern Millie," movie and musical
• Princess Millie character in "The Frog Princess" by E.D. Baker
• Millie character in the Warriors series
• Millicent "Millie" McFadden character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
• Millie pseudonym of Georgia "George" Lass on TV's "Dead Like Me"
• Millie Warne character in movie "Miss Potter"
• Millie character on TV's "The Bletchley Circle"
• Millie Harris character in movie "Jumper"
• Mildred "Millie" Helper character on TV's "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
• Millie McGonigle main character in 1948 film "The Mating of Millie"
• "Millie " short story by Katherine Mansfield
• Millie the Model Marvel Comics series
• Millie Kentner character on TV's Freaks and Geeks