Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Millis isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Millis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 14 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 8 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 boys is 6 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,051 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.
Millis’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Millis as a surname has a related form in MELIS. In Greek usage, Millis as a surname is a transliteration of Μίλλης.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Millis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Morris
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
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Milton
“from the mill town”
>99% boys
Mahlon
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98% boys · 2% girls
Manning
“daughter of Man” · “the son of the man; the son of the hero”
95% boys · 5% girls
Willis
“will” · “desire”
>99% boys
Ottis
“a wealthy man” · “one who is acute”
>99% boys
Mervin
“a friend of the sea”
>99% boys
Myer
“a large man” · “a farmer”
85% boys · 15% girls