Milles as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Milles

What is the meaning of the name Milles ?

The baby name Milles is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmɪlɪz/ (MILL-iz) or /mɪlz/ (MILLZ).

Milles is English in Origin.

Milles is a rare given name with English surname roots. As a byform of Miles, it ultimately goes back to the medieval Germanic Milo (meaning debated, often “gracious” or “merciful”) and was secondarily associated with Latin miles, “soldier.” When treated as a spelling variant of the occupational surname Mills, it can also signify “one who worked at the mill” or “dweller by the mill.” In Sweden the name is familiar through the sculptor Carl Milles, and this cultural link has supported occasional modern first-name use; Scandinavian Mille is a related diminutive.

Documented spellings of Milles appear in Middle English records, and the name persisted among English gentry families into the early modern period before reemerging as a given name via the surnaming tradition. Related or variant forms include Miles, Myles, Mills, Millis, and Mille. Meanings therefore range from “soldier” to “gracious/merciful,” or “of the mill.”