Miller

See also: miller

English

Etymology

English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɚ/
• Homophone: miller
• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Miller (countable and uncountable, plural Millers)

1. (countable) An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
   2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hancock County, Iowa.
   3. An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kansas.
   4. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
   5. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
   6. An unincorporated community in Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan.
   7. A minor city in Lawrence County, Missouri.
   8. A village in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
   9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio.
   10. An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
   11. A small city, the county seat of Hand County, South Dakota.
   12. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Miller Township.
4. A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
5. A suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Andrew Miller
• Joe Miller
• Miller-Abbott tube
• Millerchip
• Miller County
• Miller-Dieker syndrome
• Miller Fisher syndrome
• Miller flip
• Millerian
• millerite
• Millerite
• Millersburg
• Miller's Dale
• Miller test
• Millertown

 

Descendants

• French: Miller
• Translingual: Mill.

Translations

surname meaning "a miller"

• Czech: Mlynář, Mlynárik
• Danish: Møller
• Dutch: Molenaar, Mulder (nl)
• French: Meunier (fr), Dumoulin (fr), Moulin (fr)
• German: Mueller (de), Müller (de)
• Hungarian: Liszt, Molnár (hu)
• Italian: Molinaro, Molinari, Mugnai
• Low German:

  German Low German: Möller

• Polish: Młynarski m, Młynarska f
• Russian: Мельников (ru) m (Melʹnikov), Мельникова f (Melʹnikova)
• Scots: Milne
• Spanish: Molinero, Molina (es)
• Swedish: Möller (sv)
• Venetian: Munaro
• Yiddish: מילער (miler)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Miller is the 7^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,161,437 individuals. Miller is most common among White (84.1%) and Black/African American (10.8%) individuals.

See also

• Millward

Anagrams

• Rimell, remill

Alemannic German

Proper noun

Miller

1. a surname

Descendants

• French: Miller

Danish

Proper noun

Miller

1. a surname from English.

Estonian

Proper noun

Miller

1. a surname from English.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miller or Alemannic German Miller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.lœʁ/

Proper noun

Miller ?

1. a French surname from Alemannic German

Further reading

• filae.com

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmilɐ/

Noun

Miller m (plural Miller, feminine Millerin)

1. miller

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Müller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.lɛr/
• Rhymes: -ilɛr
• Syllabification: Mi‧ller
• Homophones: miler, Miler, Müller

Proper noun

Miller m pers

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Miller

	singular	plural
nominative	Miller	Millerowie
genitive	Millera	Millerów
dative	Millerowi	Millerom
accusative	Millera	Millerów
instrumental	Millerem	Millerami
locative	Millerze	Millerach
vocative	Millerze	Millerowie

Proper noun

Miller f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

Further reading

• Miller in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Miller”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022