Given name
Milred
Milred is a feminine given name. It is used in Norwegian and Old English.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Milred is a form of Mildrid. Mildrid comes from Old English.
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
Milred through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 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 girls is 5 in 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 102 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.
Milred’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Milred has a related form in Mildrid.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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