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How common is Millie where you are?

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AnotherRubberDuck · 17/04/2019 08:01

I think we've finally chosen a name but it'll probably get shortened to Millie for day-to-day. I am slighty put off with how popular Millie is (according to ONS 2017). But in reality, how popular is it around you?

I haven't heard it at all for under 5s. I'm in the SE.

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babycakes1010 · 17/04/2019 08:08

I'm also in the se and it isn't that common apart from my dd school friend recently had a sibling with that name

Soubriquet · 17/04/2019 08:08

1 in my dd’s Class

ImposterSyndrome101 · 17/04/2019 08:10

Me friend has a thirteen year old sister called Millie. But that was her middle name and when her parents adopted her they switched it around.

Here in the NE it’s more common as a dogs name but it just makes me think of the old fashioned and unnecessarily worded books Millie-Molly-Mandy.

ElizabethMainwaring · 17/04/2019 08:10

It's quite common amongst 10-12 year olds here in the Midlands.

abcriskringle · 17/04/2019 08:16

Very common amongst teens here but not heard many under 5s with that name.

IntoValhalla · 17/04/2019 08:18

I know a toddler Millie, a pensioner Milly (short for Millicent), and a dog Millie (Sorry Blush)

I think it’s a lovely name Smile

NotStayingIn · 17/04/2019 08:19

I like it and don’t know any children either with that name. (I wonder if that’s related to our age and the news stories we remember well as we maybe think a bit of Millie/Milly in the same way as Madeline. Different scenario of course but high profile case.) My friends dog is Millie. I do really like it though.

InsertFunnyUsername · 17/04/2019 08:21

I don't know any, Im in North london.

Its a lovely name Smile

whitehalleve · 17/04/2019 08:22

It's not

MrsSiriusBlack1 · 17/04/2019 08:23

I know one she’s 4, I’m in scotland

Marmite27 · 17/04/2019 08:24

Two. Ones not quite one, the other 13.

MissRainbowBrite · 17/04/2019 08:26

I know an 8 year old, 7 year old and 2 preschoolers called Millie plus our Springer is a Millie.

imabusybee · 17/04/2019 08:27

Very popular among dogs here Blush

Tiramisu1 · 17/04/2019 08:30

Very popular among 10-15 year olds.

isabellerossignol · 17/04/2019 08:33

It's not used at all where I am, because the word millie is an insult here.

Having said that, I actually think it's a lovely name. Just not where I live.

Tiramisu1 · 17/04/2019 08:34

An insult?

Snipples · 17/04/2019 08:38

I know one Millie. Like PP I wouldn't use it as it's a derogatory term in NI. I know it's posh in England but it's the exact opposite where I'm from.

GMtoBe · 17/04/2019 08:40

In the Midlands. The only one I know is my niece who is 8.

isabellerossignol · 17/04/2019 08:44

An insult?

Yes. A gendered insult, implying loose morals etc.

notacooldad · 17/04/2019 08:45

I only know one and she is 20.

Hunkyd0ry · 17/04/2019 08:46

I know 2 babies born this year called Millie and an 8 year old. SW

keepingbees · 17/04/2019 08:46

I know of one who's 7 (midlands)

BikeRunSki · 17/04/2019 08:48

W Yorks. There is a Milly/ie in every class i my dc’s primary school, abd yduallt at least one in every club they go to. It’s very popular.

concernedforthefuture · 17/04/2019 08:51

I'm in SW England. I know a 9 year old Millie and a 7 year old Millie. Both are really called Amelia but are only ever known as Millie.

1sttimeDD · 17/04/2019 08:56

3 Millies in a school of 400

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