Milington as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Milington

What is the meaning of the name Milington ?

The baby name Milington is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmɪlɪŋtən/ (MIL-ing-tən).

Milington is English in Origin.

Milington is an English habitational name, a streamlined variant of Millington. It traces to the Old English place-name pattern personal name + -ing + tun, producing the sense farm or settlement of the people of Milla/Mylle, a short form of Mil- names; some scholars instead derive the first element from mylen 'mill' (Latin molina), yielding mill settlement. Both readings point to a community clustered around an early estate or mill.

Documented as a surname from the 13th century in Cheshire and Yorkshire, Millington/Milington later entered the surname-as-first-name tradition, seeing rare, mostly masculine but sometimes unisex, use in the 19th-21st centuries across the English-speaking world. Variant spellings include Millington (standard), Milington (simplified), Millinton, and Milliton; older forms appear as Melintone or Millingtone in records. Informal short forms can be Mills or Milly. Overall meaning: settlement of Milla's people or town by the mill.

⚙ Milington is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Milington appears only 2 times in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.