Millie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia, or Camilla, also used as a formal given name
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mʲɪʎi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Millie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 9.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 10K
- USUnited States1 in 19K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 415 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈93,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia, or Camilla, also used as a formal given name.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Millie 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈93,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Millie | 31 |
| US United States | — | 17,079 | 1 in 19K | 17K | Millie | 415 |
| GB United Kingdom | #816 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 10K | 1.3K | Millie | 221 |
| AU Australia | #926 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | 460 | Millie | 155 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 1 | Millie | 16 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,722 | 1 in 5.9K | 1.7K | Millie | 20 |
| NZ New Zealand | #642 | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 11K | 117 | Millie | 72 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 119 | Millie | 29 |
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; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present). 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)
Millie is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Millie är en engelsk smekform till namn som → Camilla, Millicent, → Emily. Det har blivit populärt i Sverige de senaste åren men användes också i slutet av 1800-talet då även andra engelska namn var moderna.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In English, former First Dog; pers. name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In French, Diminutif de Mildred; origine germanique, « douce conseillère ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Anglais, diminutif de Millicent ou Emily; origine germanique/latine selon la base.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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)
- Vincent Youmansb. 1898USnot in their usual nameAmerican composer (1898-1946)
- Millie Perkinsb. 1938USAmerican actress (born 1938)
- Millie Hughes-Fulfordb. 1945USastronaut, academic researcher (1945-2021)
- Millie Smallb. 1947JMJamaican singer (1947–2020)
- Millie Brightb. 1993GBEnglish association football player
- Millie Bradyb. 1993GBBritish actress
- Millie Turnerb. 1996GBEnglish association football player
- Millie Bobby Brownb. 2004ESBritish actress (born 2004)
- Millie Gibsonb. 2004GBEnglish actress
- Millie Davisb. 2006CACanadian 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 75 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 17K | #1,765 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 3.4K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1.7K | #1,156 |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 1.3K | #27 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 868 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 460 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 222 | #5 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 155 | #40 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2025 | 155 | #40 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2025 | 135 | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2019 | 119 | #50 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 117 | — |
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 are other forms of the name Millie?
- In the etymology graph, Emily, Camila and Amelia are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Mildred and Emalee.
- Is Millie a male or female name?
- Millie 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 does the name Millie mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia, or Camilla, also used as a formal given name. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Millie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 93 thousand people named Millie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled millie.
- Where is Millie most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Millie is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 5.9 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How do you pronounce Millie?
- A machine transcription gives /mʲɪʎi/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Millie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 17,079 people named Millie in 2020, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
- How common is Millie compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Millie is the 642nd most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Millie?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/millieThe 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, “Millie” — the 642nd most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.