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.
    • 2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 15 June 2025:
      Ewan McGregor is back as the lead character, Renton, perhaps best remembered for his visit in the first film to the “Worst Toilet in Scotland.” Robert Carlyle appears as Begbie, who starts brawls with almost anyone who crosses his path; Ewen Bremner returns as the dimwitted Spud, who, in the first movie, has a memorable job interview while high on speed; and Jonny Lee Miller is back as Sick Boy, now known as Simon.
    • 2025 June 14, Christopher Mathias, “JD Vance threatened to deport him. The ‘menswear guy’ is posting through it”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
      By 2025, of course, Trump and Miller were back in the White House, pursuing a campaign promise to “remigrate” millions of everyday people out of America.
  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

Descendants

  • French: Miller
  • Translingual: Mill.

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Miller is the 7th 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

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Proper noun

Miller

  1. a surname

Descendants

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmila/
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Syllabification: Mil‧ler

Noun

Miller m (plural Miller, feminine Millerin)

  1. miller

Further reading

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

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