Given name
Mily
“one who is merciful”·“a soldier”·“a virtuous woman”
Mily is a variant of Miles. Interpretations include “one who is merciful” and “a soldier”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Mily is a variant of Mili. One Hebrew interpretation is “a virtuous woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mily is a variant of Miles. Interpretations include “one who is merciful” and “a soldier”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Mily is a variant of Mili. One Hebrew interpretation is “a virtuous woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mily is a variant of Mili. An origin associated with Mili is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mily through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 491
- 0 boys · 491 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,646 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,646 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 47 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 567 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.
Mily’s family of names
Mily has a related form in Miles. Mily has a related form in Mili.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mily
- Mily BalakirevRussian composer, pianist, and conductor (1837–1910)
- Mily PossozPortuguese painter (1888–1968)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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