Mildred (name) explained

Mildred
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	"Gentle strength"
Origin:	Old English
Related Names:	Millie, Milly

Mildred /ˈmɪldɹəd/ is a feminine given name. It is an Anglo-Saxon name of Old English origin, composed of "mild" ("mild") + "þryð" ("power, strength", also present in the last syllable of the name Audrey), meaning "gentle strength".^[1] It reached the rank of the sixth most popular name for girls in the United States in 1912 and maintained that popularity through 1920, but then its popularity dropped quickly afterward.^[2] Familiar forms include Milly and Midge.^[3]

Notable people

People with the name Mildred include:

• Mildred Barber Abel (1902–1976), American politician
• Mildred Adams (1894–1980), American journalist
• Mildred Albert (1905–1991), American fashion show producer and radio and television personality
• Mildred Aldrich (1853–1928), American journalist
• Mildred Allen (physicist) (1894–1990), American physicist
• Mildred Allen (soprano) (1932–2021), American operatic soprano
• Mildred Ames (1919–1994), American writer
• Mildred Anderson, American singer
• Mildred Archer (1911–2005), English art historian
• Mildred Bailey (1907–1951), American jazz singer
• Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey (1919–2009), US Army officer
• Mildred Barya (born 1976), Ugandan writer
• Mildred Blaxter (1925–2010), British sociologist
• Mildred Barnes Bliss (1879–1969), American art collector
• Mildred L. Batchelder (1901–1998), American librarian
• Mildred Bendall (1891–1977), French painter
• Mildred Benson (1905–2002), American author
• Mildred Edie Brady (1906–1965), American writer
• Mildred Brown (1905–1989), African American journalist
• Mildred Burke (1915–1989), American wrestler
• Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), Irish artist
• Mildred Buxton, Countess Buxton (1866–1955), English aristocrat
• Mildred Cable (1878–1952), British missionary
• Iris Kyle (born Mildred Carter; 1974), American professional bodybuilder
• Mildred Caverly (1893–1985), American golfer
• Mildred Cleghorn (1910–1997), Apache tribe chairperson
• Mildred Clingerman (1918–1997), American writer
• Mildred Cohn (1913–2009), American biochemist
• Mildred Constantine (1913–2008), American curator
• Mildred Cooke (c.1525–1589), English noblewoman
• Mildred Couper (1887–1974), American musician
• Mildred Cram (1889–1985), American writer
• Mildred B. Davis, American novelist
• Mildred Davis (1901–1969), American actress
• Mildred Dover (born 1941), Canadian politician
• Mildred Dresselhaus (1930–2017), American professor
• Mildred Reason Dube (died 2022), Zimbabwean politician
• Mildred Dunnock (1901–1991), American actress
• Mildred Earp (1925–2017), American pitcher
• Mildred Adams Fenton (1899–1995), American scientific writer
• Mildred Fizzell (1915–1993), Canadian athlete
• Mildred Fox (born 1971), Irish politician
• Mildred Gale (1671–1701), grandmother of George Washington
• Mildred Barry Garvin (1929–1993), American politician
• Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), American broadcaster
• Mildred Gordon (Ganas) (1922–2015), American activist
• Mildred Gordon (politician) (1923–2016), British politician
• Mildred Griffiths (1894–1949), American set decorator
• Mildred Grosberg Bellin (1908–2008), American cookbook author
• Mildred Harnack (1902–1943), American-German literary historian
• Mildred Harris (1901–1944), American film actress
• Mildred J. Hill (1859–1916), American songwriter
• Mildred Hilson, American socialite and philanthropist
• Mildred Horn, American critic
• Mildred Barry Hughes (1902–1995), American politician
• Mildred "Millie" Jackson (born 1944), American singer and comedian
• Mildred Fay Jefferson (1926–2010), American physician
• Mildred Jeffrey (1910–2004), American activist
• Mildred Callahan Jones (1943–2008), American businesswoman
• Mildred M. Jordan (died 1965), American medical librarian
• Mildred Kornman (1925–2022), American actress
• Mildred Lager (1900–1960), American health food pioneer
• Mildred Childe Lee (1846–1905), American socialite
• Mildred Lillie (1915–2002), American judge
• Mildred Maddocks (1881-1955), American cooking journalist and writer
• Mildred Maldonado (born 2001), Mexican rhythmic gymnast
• Mildred Mangxola (born 1944), South African singer
• Mildred Esther Mathias (1906–1995), American botanist
• Mildred H. McAfee (1900–1994), American academic
• Mildred McDaniel (1933–2004), American athlete
• Mildred Methvin (born 1952), American judge
• Mildred Miller (1924–2023), American classical mezzo-soprano
  • Mildred Bessie Mitchell (1903–1983), American psychologist Mildred Mottahedeh (1908–2000), porcelain collector
• Mildred Muis (born 1968), Dutch swimmer
• Mildred Natwick (1905–1994), American actress
• Mildred Noble (1921–2008), American writer
• Mildred O'Neill (1914–2003), widow of Tip O'Neil
• Mildred Ellen Orton (1911–2010), American businesswoman
• Mildred Pabón (born 1957), Puerto Rican jurist
• Mildred Parten Newhall (1902–1970), American sociologist
• Mildred Persinger (1918–2018), American activist
• Mildred Amelia Woodbine Pomare (1877–1971), New Zealand community leader
• Mildred Pope (1872–1956), English scholar
• Mildred Ratcliffe (1899–1988), English painter, commercial artist and calligrapher
• Mildred Riddelsdell (1913-2006), British civil servant
• Mildred Robbins Leet (1922–2011), American entrepreneur
• Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, American actress
• Mildred Sampson (born 1933), New Zealand long-distance runner
• Mildred Sanderson (1889–1914), American mathematician
• Mildred Savage (1919–2011), American author
• Mildred Scheel (1932–1985), German physician
• Mildred Schwab (1917–1999), American attorney
• Mildred Seeley (1918–2001), American doll collector
• Mildred Shay (1911–2005), American actress
• Mildred T. Stahlman (1922–2024), American neonatologist
• Mildred D. Taylor (born 1943), African American writer
• Mildred Thompson (1936–2003), African American artist
• Mildred Valley Thornton (1890–1967), Canadian painter
• Mildred Trotter (1899–1991), forensic anthropologist
• Mildred Trouillot (born 1963), American lawyer
• Mildred Veitch (1889–1971), American horticulturist
• Mildred Warwick (1922–2006), American athlete
• Mildred Weisenfeld (1921–1997), American philanthropist
• Mildred Wiley (1901–2000), American athlete
• Mildred Wolfe (1912–2009), American artist
• Mildred Bangs Wynkoop (1905–1997), American Nazarene minister

Fictional characters

Characters with the name Mildred include:

• Mildred Rogers, a character from Of Human Bondage
• Mildred Hubble (The Worst Witch), protagonist of Jill Murphy's series
• Mildred Huxtetter, character from The Muppet Show
• Mildred Keith, title character from the series written by Martha Finley
• Mildred Krebs, a character from Remington Steele
• Mildred Montag, a character from Fahrenheit 451
• Mildred Pierce, protagonist of the novel, movie, and miniseries of the same name
• Mildred Ratched, nurse and main antagonist of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Mildred Roper, a character in the British TV sitcoms Man About the House and George and Mildred
• Mildred Wyeth, a character in the Deathlands series
• Mildred Avallone, a NPC in the Arcana Heart video game series
• Maneater Mildred, an NPC in the video game Dark Souls
• Mildred Hayes, the protagonist from the movie Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Mildred Stacey Andrews "Blaineley" O'Halloran, a character from Total Drama World Tour
• Mildred McCallister, a character from Summer Camp Island
• Mildred Lathbury, the narrator and main character in Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

As a surname

• Henry Mildred, Australian farmer and politician
• Henry Hay Mildred, Australian lawyer and politician in the colony

Notes and References

1. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Mildred "Mildred."
2. http://www.behindthename.com/top/name/mildred/us?viewing=graph "Mildred."
3. Web site: Mildred | Origin and meaning of the name mildred by Online Etymology Dictionary.