Millicent

Where Millicent comes from

From the Old French Melisende, from Old High German Amalasuntha, Amalaswintha, from the Proto-Germanic roots *amalą (“hard work”) + *swinþaz (“strong”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Millicent
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1847
    Millicent Garrett Fawcett born
    English politician, writer, and activist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1927
    Peak, #434
    249 babies named Millicent — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1935
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #621.
  5. 2003
    Millicent Simmonds born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages used since the Middle Ages.
Namesakes
  • Millicent Garrett Fawcett · English politician, writer, and activist, 1847–1929
  • Millicent Simmonds · American actress, born 2003
  • Millicent Fenwick · American politician, 1910–1992
  • Millicent Martin · British actress, singer, born 1934
  • Millicent Preston-Stanley · Australian politician and feminist, 1883–1955

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.