Given name & surname
Milner
“miller”
Milner is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname, Milner goes back to Middle English mylnere, meaning “miller.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As an English surname, it comes from Middle English mylnere.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Milner through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 6 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 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,493 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.
Milner’s family of names
In English usage, Milner as a surname has a related form in Miller. In English usage, Milner as a surname has a related form in Mueller. In Greek usage, Milner as a surname is a transliteration of Μίλνερ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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