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What does Milly mean?
Milly 
as a name for girls is a Latin, Greek, Old English and Old French name, and the meaning of Milly is "rival, eager work; helper to the priest; rival; laborious; eager; bee; honey; gentle strength; brave strength". Milly is an alternate form of Amelia (Latin, Old German). Milly is also a form of Camilla (Latin). Milly is also used as a variant of Emily (Latin), a variant of Melissa (Greek), a variation of Mildred (Old English), and a derivative of Millicent (Old French).
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, old english, priest (monk), bee, honey (beautiful), gentle, strength, brave
Variations
VARIANTS Millie, Milli, Millee, Melly, Mellie▼, Melia, Meelia, Malia▲, Mali
RELATIONS VIA AMELIA, CAMILLA, EMILY, MELISSA, MILDRED, MILLICENT Amaly, Emelly, Emely, Emiley, Emilla, Emille, Emilley, Emilly, Mel, Milka, Milla, Mille, Milzie, Missy▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Myly, ..
(male) Mile, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Milly Mary (M.M.), ..
How popular is Milly?
Milly is a somewhat prominent first name for women (#3786 out of 4276, Top 89%) and also a somewhat prominent last name for all people (#150436 out of 150436, Top 100%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Milly reached its highest position of #1419 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is at #1871 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Amelia (#8 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Camilla (#302), Emely (#485), Emily (#12), Malia (#254), Melia (#1968), Melissa (#297), Mellie, Mildred, Milla, Millicent (#1730), Millie (#304) and Missy are the popular varying forms of Milly (#1871). Other forms, like Milka, are uncommon. These forms of Milly reached the top of their popularity during 1980-1989 (USAGE OF 2.12%) and are somewhat less conventional today (USAGE 1.57%, ▼26%), with versions like Mellie becoming less in vogue. Emily has generally been a favorite of parents, though Amelia is currently the most fashionable.
Similar Names
Milly is pronounced similarly to Maillie, Mala, Malea, Mallie▼, Mally, Mela, Mella, Melli, Melya, Mila▲, Mollee, Molley, Molli, Mollie▼, Molly and Myla▲. Other recommended sound-alike names are Ally▼, Bailly, Billy▼, Cally, Cilly, Colly, Delly, Dolly▼, Eily, Elly, Gilly, Hally, Hilly, Holly▼, Jilly, Jully, Kally, Kelly▼, Lally, Lilly, Lily▲, Lolly, Micky, Milke, Mindy▼, Minny, Minty, Mirla, Misty▼, Mitzy, Moll, Nelly, Philly, Polly▼, Reilly▼, Sally▼, Tally, Tilly, Tully, Vally, Wally and Willy. These names tend to be less commonly used than Milly.
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