Mildred

English Etymology From the name of an 8th-century English saint, en ang Mildþrȳþ from ang milde mild þrȳþ strength 1. Pronunciation en /ˈmɪldɹəd/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mildred.wav Southern England en Mil dred Proper noun en female Old English. ~1625 Francis Quarles, Elegy on Lady Luckyn: 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. en 1915 w:W. Somerset Maugham Of Human Bondage Pan Books 1973 268 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." Translations female given name Norwegian: no Mildrid Swedish: sv Mildred f, sv Mildrid f Anagrams en ddeilmr middler Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Mildred, from the name of an 8th-century English saint, from ceb ang Mildþryþ, from ang mild mild" + ang þryþ strength. Noun ceb noun ceb female English < Old English