Given name
Milicent
“a woman with great strength and determination”
In English use, Milicent has a related form in Millicent. One French interpretation is “a woman with great strength and determination.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Milicent has a related form in Millicent. One French interpretation is “a woman with great strength and determination.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Milicent has a related form in Millicent. An origin associated with Millicent is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milicent through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 106
- 0 boys · 106 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 11 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 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 267 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.
Milicent’s family of names
In English usage, Milicent has a related form in Millicent.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Milicent
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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