Mielke Explained

Mielke is a German surname.

Name Meaning:Eastern German (of Slavic origin): from a pet form of a Slavic compound personal name with the first element Milo-, from mil ‘favor’, ‘grace’. Dutch: from a pet form of Miele 3.^[1]

Similar surnames: Miele, Bielke, Milko, Milke, Milk, Ziemke, Hilke, Zielke, Milkey

Notable people with the surname include:

• Benjamin Mielke (born 1981), German bobsledder
• Erich Mielke (1907–2000), Head of the East German Stasi 1957–1989
• Gary Mielke (born 1963), American baseball player
• Günter Mielke (1942–2010), West German long-distance runner
• Janet Soergel Mielke (born 1937), American politician
• Marcus Mielke (born 1975), German rower
• Rüdiger Mielke (born 1944), German footballer

Notes and References

1. https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=mielke