Miller

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Muller in CH Switzerland, NL Netherlands, BE Belgium and 2 more, Müller in DE Germany, AT Austria, ES Spain, Millar in IE Ireland, NZ New Zealand 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 10 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◐

Miller is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname726K records spelled Miller4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Mill-Er, Mïller

• Spanish surname613K records spelled Miller13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Argentina, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, French, Romanian

  Also written Millër, Míller, Mìller, Mîllër, Mïllër

• Russian surname82K records spelled Miller59 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Poland, United States, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

  Also written Миллер, Міллер, Miler, Міллєр, Müller

• Greek surname26K records spelled Miller6 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Miler, Míller, Μιλλερ, Μίλλερ, Μιλερ

• Indonesian surname16K records spelled Miller3 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Millër

88 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●

Miller 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, English equivalent used in place of a German surname

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In English, represents the Northern ME term, an agent deriv. of mille, milne Mill, reinforced by the cogn. ON mylnari; in S, W, and Midland England the equivalent Millward was used. Vars.: Millar (Scot.); Milner (commonest in Yorks., retaining the n- of the ME and OE word); Meller.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• In English, An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.

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

• In English, Owner or operator of a mill.

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

• In German, Schreibvariante zu 'Müller'; mit i statt ü/ö. Die Karte zeigt Monophthong- und Vokalvarianten o/u, ö/ü in den Namen. 7289 Träger.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Agatha Christieb. 1890GBnot in their usual nameEnglish mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
• Arthur Millerb. 1915USAmerican playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
• Portia Simpson-Millerb. 1945JMformer prime minister of Jamaica
• Leszek Millerb. 1946PLPolish politician, Polish prime minister in 2001-2004
• Bennett Millerb. 1966USfilm director, film producer
• Jonny Lee Millerb. 1972GBBritish actor
• Marisa Millerb. 1978USAmerican model
• Matthew Mercerb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Heath Slaterb. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler and actor
• Ezra Millerb. 1992USAmerican actor (born 1992)

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 · 772 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Miller?

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

In which country does Miller have the most bearers?

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

How common is Miller compared with other names?

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

What does the name Miller mean?

Recorded meaning: assimilated form of Milner; first attested Ralph Muller 1296