Given name & surname
Mille
Mille is a feminine given name from Emilie. It is used in Danish and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mille through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 0 boys · 35 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,492 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,492 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 as a first name in 2020; 842 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.
Mille’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Mille is a diminutive of Emilie. In Norwegian usage, Mille has a related form in MILDA.
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Around the world
Mille has relatives in 4 languages.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
People named Mille
- Mille PetrozzaGerman singer and guitaristborn 1966
- Mille Dinesenactressborn 1974
- Mille GejlDanish footballer (born 1999)
- Mille MarkovićSwedish boxer (1961-2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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