Mildred (name)

Mildred is a female given name. It is an Anglo-Saxon name of Old English origin, and its meaning is "gentle strength."^[1] It reached the rank of the sixth most popular name for girls in the United States in 1912 and maintained that popularity through 1920, but then its popularity dropped quickly afterward.^[2]

Notable people

People with the name Mildred include:

• Mildred Barber Abel (1902-1976), American politician
• Mildred Adams (1894–1980), American journalist
• Mildred Aldrich (1853–1928), American journalist
• Mildred Allen (1894–1990), American physicist
• Mildred Allen (soprano) (born 1932), American operatic soprano
• Mildred Ames (1919–1994), American writer
• Mildred Anderson, American singer
• Mildred Archer (1911—2005), English art historian
• Mildred Bailey (1907–1951), American jazz singer
• Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey (1919-2009), United States Army office
• Mildred Barya (born 1976), Ugandan writer
• Mildred Barnes Bliss (1879–1969), American art collector
• Mildred L. Batchelder (1901–1998), American librarian
• Mildred Bendall (1891-1977), French painter
• Mildred Wirt Benson (1905–2002), American author
• Mildred Edie Brady (1906-1965), American freelance writer
• Mildred Brown (1905–1989), African American journalist
• Mildred Burke (1915-1989), American professional wrestler
• Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), Irish artist
• Mildred Buxton, Countess Buxton (1896-1955), English royalty
• Mildred Cable (1878-1952), British missionary
• Mildred Cleghorn (1910–1997), Apache Tribe chairperson
• Mildred Clingerman (1918-1997), American writer
• Mildred Cohn (1913–2009), American biochemist
• Mildred Constantine (1913–2008), American curator
• Mildred Cooke (c.1525–1589), English noblewoman
• Mildred Couper (1887–1974), American musician
• Mildred Cram (1889-1985), American writer
• Mildred C. Crump, American politician
• Mildred B. Davis, American novelist
• Mildred Davis (1901–1969), American actress
• Mildred Dover (born 1941), Canadian politician
• Mildred Dresselhaus (born 1930), American professor
• Mildred Dunnock (1901–1991), American actress
• Mildred Earp (born 1925), American pitcher
• Mildred Adams Fenton (1899-1995), American scientific writer
• Mildred Fizzell (1915–1993), Canadian athlete
• Mildred Fox (born 1971), Irish politician
• Mildred Gale (1671–1701), grandmother of George Washington
• Mildred Barry Garvin (1929–1993), American politician
• Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), American broadcaster
• Mildred Gordon (Ganas) (born 1922), American activist
• Mildred Gordon (politician) (born 1923), British politician
• Mildred Griffiths (1894–1949), American set decorator
• Mildred Grosberg Bellin (1908–2008), American cookbook author
• Mildred Harnack (1902–1943), American-German literary historian
• Mildred Harris (1901–1944), American film actress
• Mildred J. Hill (1859-1916), American songwriter
• Mildred Cleone Haynes Hodges (1909-2012), American educator and athlete
• Mildred Horn, American critic
• Mildred Barry Hughes (1902–1995), American politician
• Mildred "Millie" Jackson (born 1944), American singer and comedian
• Mildred Fay Jefferson (1926—2010), American physician
• Mildred Jeffrey (1910-2004), American activist
• Mildred Callahan Jones (1943-2008), American businesswoman
• Mildred Kornman (born 1925), American actress
• Mildred Lager (1900-1960), American health food pioneer
• Mildred Lillie (1915–2002), American judge
• Mildred Mangxola (born 1944), South African singer
• Mildred Mann (1904 - 1971), New Thought practitioner
• Mildred H. McAfee (1900-1994), American academic
• Mildred McDaniel (1933-2004), American athlete
• Mildred Methvin (born 1952), American judge
• Mildred Miller (born 1924), American classical mezzo-soprano
• Mildred Mottahedeh (1908-2000), porcelain collector
• Mildred Muis (born 1968), Dutch swimmer
• Mildred Natwick (1905–1994), American actress
• Mildred Noble (1921–2008), American writer
• Mildred O'Neill (1914-2003), widow of Tip O'Neil
• Mildred Ellen Orton (1911–2010), American businesswoman
• Mildred Pabón, Puerto Rican jurist
• Mildred Parten (born 1902), American sociologist
• Mildred Persinger (born 1918), American activist
• Mildred Amelia Woodbine Pomare (1877–1971), New Zealand community leader
• Mildred Pope (1872–1956), English scholar
• Mildred Robbins Leet (1922–2011), American entrepreneur
• Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, American actress
• Mildred Sampson (born 1933), New Zealand long-distance runner
• Mildred Sanderson (1889-1914), American mathematician
• Mildred Savage (1919–2011), American author
• Mildred Scheel (1932-1985), German physician
• Mildred Schwab (1917-1999), American attorney
• Mildred Seeley (1918-2001), American doll collector
• Mildred Shay (1911-2005), American actress
• Mildred T. Stahlman, American professor
• Mildred D. Taylor (born 1943), African American writer
• Mildred Thompson (1936–2003), African American artist
• Mildred Valley Thornton (1890-1967), Canadian painter
• Mildred Trotter (1899-1991), forensic anthropologist
• Mildred Trouillot (born 1963), American lawyer
• Mildred Veitch (1889–1971), American horticulturist
• Mildred Warwick (1922-2006), American athlete
• Mildred Weisenfeld (1921-1997), American philanthropist
• Mildred Wiley (1901-2000), American athlete
• Mildred Wolfe (1912-2009), American artist
• Mildred Bangs Wynkoop (1905-1997), American Nazarene minister

Fictional characters

Characters with the name Mildred include:

• Mildred Hubble (The Worst Witch), protagonist of Jill Murphy's series
• Mildred Huxtetter, character from The Muppet Show
• Mildred Keith, title character from the series written by Martha Finley
• Mildred Krebs, a character from Remington Steele
• Mildred Montag, a character from ' Fahrenheit 451
• Mildred Pierce, protagonist of the novel, movie, and miniseries of the same name
• Mildred Roper, a character in the British TV sitcoms Man About the House and George and Mildred.
• Mildred Wyeth, a character in the Deathlands series
• Nurse Mildred Ratched, of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

See also

• All pages beginning with "Mildred"
• All pages with titles containing Mildred

References