mildred

/ˈmɪldɹəd/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

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A female given name from Old English.

"Queens drop away, while blue-legg'd Maukin lives; / Drones thrive when bees are burnt within their hives; / And courtly Mildred dies, while country Madge survives."
"One day Dunsford told him her name was Mildred. He had heard one of the other girls in the shop address her. "What an odious name," said Philip. "Why?" asked Dunsford. "I like it." . "It's so pretentious.""

From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ (from milde (“mild”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).

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How do you pronounce mildred?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪldɹəd/.

What does mildred mean?

A female given name from Old English.

Where does mildred come from?

It is traced to Old English.

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