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Milly

Milly: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“gentle strength”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
MIL-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Diminutive of Millicent, Mildred, Camilla, Amelia, and other names with the nickname Milly. In English use it is most often linked to Millicent, from Germanic elements meaning 'work' and 'strength.'

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How popular is Milly?

202434.0 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 Milly in 2024112

2024 rank#1,786 girls

Peak year1884

Total US babies since 18803,234

Milly has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Milly

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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

Milly questions

What does the name Milly mean?

Milly means "gentle strength". It comes from Germanic. Diminutive of Millicent, Mildred, Camilla, Amelia, and other names with the nickname Milly. In English use it is most often linked to Millicent, from Germanic elements meaning 'work' and 'strength.'

Is Milly a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Milly?

112 US babies were named Milly in 2024. Its peak year was 1884.

How do you pronounce Milly?

Milly is usually pronounced MIL-ee.

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.