Miller

Where Miller comes from

English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.
— Wiktionary's entry for Miller
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1922
    Miller Anderson born
    diver
  3. 1945
    Miller Anderson born
    UK-based blues guitarist/singer.
  4. 2025
    Peak, #369
    864 babies named Miller — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Miller Anderson · diver, 1922–1965
  • Miller Anderson · UK-based blues guitarist/singer., born 1945
  • Miller Huggins · American baseball player, 1878–1929
  • Miller Puckette · American academic, born 1959
  • Miller Barber · professional golfer, 1931–2013

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.