Millicent

Millicent: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“strong in work”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
MIL-ih-sent · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Old German Amalasuintha through French Millicent; the first element is often linked with strength or work. Medieval in England, with variants Milicent and Melisende influencing its history.

How popular is Millicent?

202438.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Millicent in 2024126

2024 rank#1,631 girls

Peak year1927

Total US babies since 188011,718

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

Names like Millicent

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Milliegentle strength · Germanic
  • Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
  • Ameliawork · Germanic
  • Ellaall, completely · Germanic
  • Alicenoble type · Germanic
  • Adelinenoble · Germanic
  • Emeryindustrious ruler · Germanic
  • Aubreyelf ruler · Germanic

Millicent questions

What does the name Millicent mean?

Millicent means "strong in work". It comes from Germanic. From Old German Amalasuintha through French Millicent; the first element is often linked with strength or work. Medieval in England, with variants Milicent and Melisende influencing its history.

Is Millicent a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Millicent?

126 US babies were named Millicent in 2024. Its peak year was 1927.

How do you pronounce Millicent?

Millicent is usually pronounced MIL-ih-sent.

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.