Given name & surname
Millard
“the guardian of the mill”
Millard is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the guardian of the mill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the guardian of the mill.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Millard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,776
- 16,743 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 485 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,035 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,035 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 478 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,529 as a first name in 2020; 12,047 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Millard’s family of names
Millard has a related form in Milard. Millard has a related form in Milerd. Millard has a related form in Millera.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Millard
- Millard Fillmorepresident of the United States from 1850 to 18531800–1874
- Millard MitchellAmerican actor (1903-1953)
- Millard HamptonAthletics competitor, sprinterborn 1956
- Millard TydingsAmerican politician (1890–1961)
- Millard HarmonUnited States Army general (1888–1945)
- Millard CaldwellAmerican politician (1897-1984)
- Millard WebbAmerican film director (1893-1935)
- Mickey DrexlerAmerican business managerborn 1944
- Millard MeissAmerican art historian (1904–1975)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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