Miller: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “one who grinds grain”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- MIL-er · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (82% of all uses)
Transferred use of the English occupational surname Miller. It originally referred to a mill worker.
How popular is Miller?
Babies named Miller in 20241,093
2024 rank#438 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188012,541
Miller is rising: use over the last five years is 3.2× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Miller
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Miller questions
What does the name Miller mean?
Miller means "one who grinds grain". It comes from English. Transferred use of the English occupational surname Miller. It originally referred to a mill worker.
Is Miller a boy or girl name?
Miller is mainly a boy's name in US records (82% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Miller?
1,093 US babies were named Miller in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Miller?
Miller is usually pronounced MIL-er.
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.