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Mildred

Mildred: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“gentle strength”
Origin
Old English
Say it
MIL-dred · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Old English elements milde 'gentle' and thryth 'strength.' It was borne by an Anglo-Saxon saint.

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How popular is Mildred?

202427.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Mildred in 202491

2024 rank#2,093 girls

Peak year1909

Total US babies since 1880452,895

Mildred is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Mildred

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Audreynoble strength · Old English
  • Ashleyash tree clearing · Old English
  • Hadleyheather field · Old English
  • Blakelydark wood or clearing · Old English
  • KimberlyCyneburg's meadow · Old English
  • Presleypriest's meadow · Old English
  • Marleypleasant wood · Old English
  • Harlowrock hill · Old English

Mildred questions

What does the name Mildred mean?

Mildred means "gentle strength". It comes from Old English. From Old English elements milde 'gentle' and thryth 'strength.' It was borne by an Anglo-Saxon saint.

Is Mildred a boy or girl name?

Mildred is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Mildred?

91 US babies were named Mildred in 2024. Its peak year was 1909.

How do you pronounce Mildred?

Mildred is usually pronounced MIL-dred.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.