Mille
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Mille by the numbers
Mille was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Mille
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mille. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Millerone who operates a mill76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Millymerciful; a diminutive of Millicent46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Millathousand; a form of Camilla or Millicent65 in the US (2017)
- Millihoney bee; diminutive of Melissa or Millicent3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Millee17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mille
Names that are said the same way as Mille, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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