Millie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia, and Camilla, also used as a formal given name. Clipping + -ie.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Millie (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Millie has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 19 |
| 2007 | 18 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 34 |
| 2010 | 35 |
| 2011 | 46 |
| 2012 | 50 |
| 2013 | 73 |
| 2014 | 59 |
| 2015 | 58 |
| 2016 | 64 |
| 2017 | 57 |
| 2018 | 58 |
| 2019 | 98 |
| 2020 | 83 |
| 2021 | 98 |
| 2022 | 115 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 38 |
| 2000 | 47 |
| 2001 | 52 |
| 2002 | 61 |
| 2003 | 66 |
| 2004 | 70 |
| 2005 | 79 |
| 2006 | 95 |
| 2007 | 115 |
| 2008 | 130 |
| 2009 | 168 |
| 2010 | 204 |
| 2011 | 253 |
| 2012 | 302 |
| 2013 | 374 |
| 2014 | 434 |
| 2015 | 491 |
| 2016 | 561 |
| 2017 | 618 |
| 2018 | 689 |
| 2019 | 785 |
| 2020 | 868 |
Millie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Millie.Hi! My name is Millie.
- Millie bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Millie lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Millie har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Millie has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Millies mamma är lärare.Millie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Millies mamma is Millie's mum.
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Questions about Millie
How do you pronounce Millie in Swedish?
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What does the name Millie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, Amelia, and Camilla, also used as a formal given name. Clipping + -ie.
How popular is Millie in Sweden?
115 babies were named Millie in 2022. In 2020, 868 people in Sweden had Millie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.