Surname

Mildmay

“mild”

Mildmay is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Mildmay goes back to Old English milde, meaning “mild.”

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Where it comes from

Mildmay comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English milde (“mild”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

People named Mildmay

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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Old English · Nature

Marsay

“meadow”

No U.S. birth series

38% boys · 62% girls

Old English

Mickley

“big”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Midgley

“midge, gnat, mosquito”

No U.S. birth series

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Norwegian

Mildrið

Mildrið is a feminine given name from Old English, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old English

Millbrook

“mill”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Mitford

“middle”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Misson

“moss; marsh, swamp”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Minshull

“cliff, crag”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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