Millicent
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from the OFr name Milesindis/Milesenda (< OG Amalasuintha); earliest attestation Milisendis lotrix 1179 P (O)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/millicent/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Millicent is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 43K(measured from records)
- GYGuyana1 in 11K
- SESweden1 in 123K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 323 (measured from records)
- 1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
7,659 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the OFr name Milesindis/Milesenda (< OG Amalasuintha); earliest attestation Milisendis lotrix 1179 P (O)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Millicent counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 7,659 | 1 in 43K | 7.6K | Millicent | 323 |
| SE Sweden | — | 83 | 1 in 123K | 83 | Millicent | 8 |
| GY Guyana | — | 66 | 1 in 11K | 66 | — | 3 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 56 | 1 in 309K | 56 | Millicent | 20 |
| ES Spain | — | 33 | 1 in 1.5M | 33 | — | 14 |
| DK Denmark | — | 15 | 1 in 391K | 15 | Millicent | 5 |
| GH Ghana | #150 | — | — | — | Millicent | 49 |
7,659 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Millicent is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From an Old French name, Melisende, of Germanic (Frankish) origin, from amal ‘labour’ + swinth ‘strength’. This was the name of a daughter of Charlemagne. It was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain. Millie ° Pet form of Millicent, and also, less commonly, of names such as Mildred and pCamilla.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages used since the Middle Ages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
English: Norman name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements amal labour + swinth strength. This was the name of a daughter of Charlemagne. It was first introduced to Britain by the Normans in the form Melisende . Pet form: Millie (see also CAMILLA ) .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Millicent Fawcettb. 1847GBEnglish politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929)
- Millicent Hearstb. 1882USVaudeville performer, socialite, philanthropist, and owner of Hearst Corporation (1882-1974)
- Millicent Fenwickb. 1910USAmerican politician (1910-1992)
- Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherlandb. 1921GBnot in their usual nameScottish noblewoman (1921-2019)
- Millicent Martinb. 1934GBBritish actress, singer
- Marise Chamberlainb. 1935NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand middle-distance runner (1935–2024)
- Millie Smallb. 1947JMnot in their usual nameJamaican singer (1947–2020)
- Mimi Cravenb. 1957USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor, photographer and dancer
- Millicent Sheltonb. 1966USfilm, music video and television director
- Millicent Simmondsb. 2003USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 46 sources across 30 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.6K | #2,946 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 103 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 83 | #9,710 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 66 | #528 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 56 | #7,872 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 33 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 33 | #17,906 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 33 | #39,235 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 28 | #2,946 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 19 | #20,122 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 15 | #6,036 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Millicent mean, and where does it come from?
- from the OFr name Milesindis/Milesenda (< OG Amalasuintha); earliest attestation Milisendis lotrix 1179 P (O) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- Is Millicent a male or female name?
- Millicent is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Millicent?
- In the etymology graph, Melicent, Mélisande and Melisende are forms of the same name in other languages; Millie is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Millicent have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 7.7 thousand people named Millicent, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled millicent.
- Where is Millicent most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Millicent is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How do you pronounce Millicent?
- A machine transcription gives /millicent/ (IPA) for Swahili.
- How common is the name Millicent?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,659 people named Millicent in 2020, about 1 in 43 thousand residents.
- How common is Millicent compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Millicent is the 150th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/millicentThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Millicent” — the 150th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.