Fun Facts About the Name Milee
- 464 babies named Milee: U.S. records list 464 babies given the name Milee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Milee Mean?
Milee is a respelling rather than a name with one settled etymology. In English it is used as a phonetic variant of more than one name - chiefly Milly (also spelled Millie), Miley, and Emilee - so its meaning depends on which name the spelling stands for.
Milly and Millie are English short forms of older names. Mildred continues the Old English Mildþrȳð, formed from milde (gentle, mild) and þrȳð (strength); its literal sense is 'gentle strength.' Millicent continues the Germanic name that appears in Old French as Melisende, generally explained as 'strong in work,' from the elements amal (labor) and swinþ (strong). Milly also serves as a short form of Amelia and Emily, feminine names from the Latin Aemilia, a form of the Roman family name Aemilius, itself of uncertain origin.
Miley is an English surname later used as a given name; its Irish background is not securely explained, so it has no agreed meaning. Emilee is one of several English spellings of Emily.
Milee Name History & Origins
Milee belongs to a large group of English names respelled with a final -ee. That ending became common for feminine names in the 20th century (Ashlee, Emilee, Sandee): it keeps the sound of -y or -ie while changing the look of the name. Because the spelling is phonetic, Milee has no separate linguistic history; its history is the history of whichever name it respells.
As a form of Milly or Millie, it reaches back to two older names. Mildred continues the Old English Mildþrȳð, borne by St. Mildrith, a 7th-century abbess of Minster-in-Thanet in Kent. The name was in use in England before the Norman Conquest, became uncommon afterwards, and was revived in the 19th century. Millicent entered English through Norman French Melisende, a form of a Germanic name; it is best known from Melisende, queen of Jerusalem in the 12th century, and the English spelling Millicent came into use later. Milly and Millie were familiar short forms of both names.
As a form of Miley, it follows an English surname that was later adopted as a first name on its own. As a form of Emilee, it is one of several spellings of Emily, which goes back to the Latin Aemilia and appears in medieval English writing, as in Chaucer's spelling Emelye.
How Popular is the Name Milee?
Milee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #2,229 in 2008.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,595 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #14,649 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #10,085 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #13,138 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #13,062 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #8,265 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #10,247 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #8,031 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #7,716 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #15,615 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #8,359 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #4,508 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #4,264 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #4,881 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #4,158 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #3,286 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2008 | #2,229 | 89 | 0.0047% |
| 2007 | #3,961 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2006 | #9,713 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #14,011 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #15,446 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #15,153 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #14,814 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #14,972 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Milee Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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