Given name
Mildrid
“woman of gentle strength”
Mildrid is a variant of Mildred. One English interpretation is “woman of gentle strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mildrid is a variant of Mildred. One English interpretation is “woman of gentle strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mildrid is a variant of Mildred. An origin associated with Mildred is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mildrid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 0 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 117 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mildrid’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Mildrid shares a linguistic root with the English form Mildred. In Norwegian usage, Mildrid has a related form in MILRED. Mildrid has a related form in Mildred.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mildrid has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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