Millar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Miller in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 10 more, Muller in CH Switzerland, NL Netherlands, BE Belgium and 2 more, Müller in DE Germany, AT Austria, ES Spain and מילר in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Millar is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname40K records spelled Millar5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Chile, Argentina, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Millär, Millár

• a separate surname3.7K records spelled Millar2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

  Also written Millár

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Millar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Occupational surname from Old English/Scots millere, 'miller'; first recorded as Henricus Molendinam in 1401.

  as a name·Scottish Surnames

• In English, A surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Miller.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In enm, alternative form of mylnere

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, indefinite plural of mille

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Galician, a thousand

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

GB NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) — 22 years between 1998–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Harold Robert Millarb. 1869GBBritish artist (1869–1942)
• Ross Macdonaldb. 1915USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer (1915–1983)
• Margaret Millarb. 1915CAAmerican-Canadian mystery and suspense writer
• Fergus Millarb. 1935GBBritish classical historian (1935–2019)
• Mary Millarb. 1936GBEnglish actress and singer (1936–1998)
• Ian Millarb. 1947CACanadian equestrian
• Miles Millarb. 1967GBBritish screenwriter and producer
• Mark Millarb. 1969GBScottish comic book writer
• David Millarb. 1977GBScottish cyclist (born 1977)
• Liam Millarb. 1999CACanadian soccer player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 109 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Millar?

We estimate roughly 1.3 million people bear Millar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Millar have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.2 million people bear Millar in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled miller.

How common is Millar compared with other names?

In the United States, Millar is the 6th most common surname of 7,257,200 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Millar mean?

Recorded meaning: Scottish and Northern Irish variant of Miller.