Mille

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 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◐

Mille is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name13K records spelled Mille10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Millé, Millè, Mïllê, Míllé, Millę

• Portuguese given name3.0K records spelled Mille2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Also written Millé

• a separate given name2.1K records spelled Mille2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Millé

60 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●

Mille 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 French, from the Germanic personal name Milo (see Miles 1).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Danish, a female given name derived from Emilie

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

• In Swedish, Mille är från början en inofficiell form till → Emil. Det har först på senare tid börjat användas mer regelbundet som officiellt förnamn. Den folkkäre skådespelaren Mille Schmidt (1922–2003) bar officiellt namnet Emil.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, V. Giovanni e Gianni, e anche Nanni e Vanni.

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In Russian, var of Mile.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 35 years between 1987–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mille Schmidtb. 1922SESwedish actor (1922–2003)
• Mille Markovicb. 1961SESwedish boxer (1961-2014)
• Mille Petrozzab. 1966DEGerman singer and guitarist
• Mille Dinesenb. 1974DKactress
• Mille Lehfeldtb. 1979DKDanish actress
• Mille Hundahlb. 1990DKDanish handball player
• Mille Gejlb. 1999DKDanish footballer (born 1999)
• Mille Haslev Nordbyeb. 2001NONorwegian female curler
• Mille Troelsenb. 2002DKDanish cyclist
• Mille Foldager Nielsenb. 2007DKDanish cyclist

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 · 307 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mille?

We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Mille (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Mille have the most bearers?

We estimate about 7.8 thousand people bear Mille in Denmark, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled mille.

Where is Mille most common?

Mille is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 752 people carrying it.

How common is Mille compared with other names?

In Denmark, Mille is the 191st most common given name of 31,396 given names recorded there.

Is Mille a male or female name?

Mille is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Mille mean?

Recorded meaning: person who lives near a mill; usually 'miller' or 'mill-worker'