Millicent

German

"strong in work"

Millicent Origin and Meaning

The name Millicent is a girl's name of German origin meaning "strong in work".

Combining the mild and the innocent, this sweet and feminine name is worthy of a comeback, in the mode of Madeline and Cecilia. Its original, also attractive form is Melisende, which came from Germany to France and was borne by a daughter of Charlemagne.

Millicent has been in use since the Middle Ages, and was in the Top 500 in the 1920's. Off the list since the early sixties, it's Number 361 on Nameberry.

Millicent Hargrave is a character in Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Millicent Henning is found in Henry James's The Princess Casamassima, and she appears not once but twice in Harry Potter; she is is also Barbie's middle name.

And of course Milly is one of the cutest of the nostalgic nickname names. .

Millicent Rank in US Top 1000

# 997 in the US

Millicent Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 637 on Nameberry

Millicent Popularity

• 637 Nameberry 2024
• 787 Unique 2023
• 906 Future 2028
• 678 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Millicent

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

• Winifred
• Maude
• Minerva
• Lavinia
• Millie
• Prudence
• Maud
• Mildred
• Henrietta
• Edith
• Mirabel
• Matilda
• Agatha
• Mabel
• Lucinda
• Wilhelmina
• Beatrice
• Frances
• Agnes
• Guinevere

Famous People Named Millicent

• Millicent Garrett Fawcett English suffragist
• Millicent Mary Lillian Martin English singer and actress
• Millicent Vernon Hammond Fenwick American fashion editor, diplomat and Congresswoman from New Jersey
• Millicent Borges Accardi Portuguese,American poet and writer
• Millicent Veronica (Willson) Hearst wife of American newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst
• (Hester) Millicent Hughes Mackenzie English educator and academic
• Millicent B. Shelton American music video and TV director
• Millicent Fanny (St. Clair Erskine) Sutherland,Leveson,Gower, British socialite, author and playwright under the pen name Erskine Gower
• Millicent Ellis Selsam American children's author
• Millicent Irene Silver English harpsichordist
• Millicent "Millie" Simmonds deaf American actress
• Anthea Millicent Turner English television presenter

Millicent in Pop Culture

• Millicent Margaret Amanda Milly,Molly,Mandy's real name
• Millicent Bulstrode character in the Harry Potter series
• Millicent Bagnold character in the Harry Potter series
• Barbara Millicent Roberts Barbie's full name
• Millicent "Penny" Gordon Woods character on TV's "Good Times"
• Millicent Carew fiancée to Dr. Jekyll in the 1920 film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
• Millicent bunny in the 1957 Bugs Bunny cartoon "Rabbit Romeo"
• Millicent term for police officers in "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess
• Millicent Collins aka Millie the Model Marvel Comics character
• "Millicent Min Girl Genius," novel by Lisa Yee
• Millicent Gergich character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
• Millicent Mudd character in webcomic "Ozy and Millie"
• Millicent Weems character in 2008 film "Synecdoche, New York"
• Millicent Carter character on TV's "ER"
• Millicent character in short story "Initiation" by Sylvia Plath
• Millicent "Millie" Princey character in the "Wet Saturday" episode of TV's "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
• Millicent main character in the Twilight Zone episode "Mirror Image"
• Millicent Collins Collins family ancestor on TV's "Dark Shadows"
• Milicent Darnham character in "Mothers and Daughters" by Catherine Gore
• Millicent goose in children's book "Detective Arthur" by Mary J. Fulton
• Lady Millicent "Millie" de Laval character in the Longbow series by Wayne Grant
• Millicent Lawrence main character "in The Whispers" ABC's series.