Mills

Where Mills comes from

From mills, in reference to mill owners and mill workers.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mills
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1882
    Debut at its peak, #691
    #691 among boys with 8 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1914
    Mills E. Godwin born
    American politician
  4. 1940
    Mills Watson born
    actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Mills Watson · actor, born 1940
  • Mills E. Godwin · American politician, 1914–1999
  • Mills Lane · American judge, boxer, boxing referee, 1937–2022
  • Mills Gardner · American politician, 1830–1910
  • Mills Darden · Alleged largest man in history, 1799–1857

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.