The millet Surname
millet Name Meaning and History
- French: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of millet or panic grass, from a diminutive form of Old French mil (Latin milium). In some cases it may have been a nickname for someone suffering from a skin disease, with blisters resembling grains of millet. Compare the English term miliary fever.
- French and English: from a pet form of the personal name Miles.
- Catalan: topographic name for someone who lived by a field of millet, Catalan millet (Latin milietum, a derivative of milium ‘millet’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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 allenb21
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| Jean Francois Millet |
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| George Millet |
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| MILLET immigrated from Austria/Poland |
rm761
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| Tom Millet | Ann B. | 0 |
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| MILLET immigrated from Austria/Poland |
rm761
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| Francis (Frank)Millet/1850 New York | Lorna Palevich | 4 |
| antonio millet |
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| Vincent Millet / 1800-1850 | Lorna Millet Palevich | 0 |
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