Mildred name - Meaning of Mildred
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 11
- Usage
- English
- Pronounced
- MIL-drəd
- Mildred Meaning
- From the Old English name Mildþryð meaning "gentle strength", derived from the elements milde "gentle" and þryð "strength". Saint Mildred was a 7th-century abbess, the daughter of the Kentish princess Saint Ermenburga. After the Norman conquest this name became rare, but it was revived in the 19th century. Derived from the Old English name, which means "soft strength". It was the name of a Catholic Saint in the 7th century. In the 20th century the name was popularized by the novel called Mildred Pierce, written by James M. Cain, which was later made into an Oscar-winning film starring Joan Crawford and just recently into an Emmy-winning miniseries starring Kate Winslet.
Mildred Related Names
Variant:, Mildraed, Mildrid, Mildryd
Diminutives: Millie, Milly
Other Languages: Mildþryð (Anglo-Saxon)
Mildred Celebrities
Mildred Byne - published author, Mildred Duff - writer, Mildred Gilman - published author, Mildred Lee - writer, Mildred Pratt - published author, Mildred Taylor - published author, Mildred Walter - published author, Mildred Wilson - published author,
