Mildred ( name ) - wikipedia Mildred ( name ) Mildred Gender Female Origin Word / name Old English Meaning `` Gentle strength '' Other names Related names Millie, Milly Mildred is a female given name. It is an Anglo - Saxon name of Old English origin, and its meaning is `` gentle strength ''. 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. Contents 1 Notable people 2 Fictional characters 3 See also 4 References Notable people People with the name Mildred include : Mildred Barber Abel ( 1902 -- 1976 ), American politician Mildred Adams ( 1894 -- 1980 ), American journalist Mildred Albert ( 1905 -- 1991 ), American fashion show producer and radio and television personality 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 ), US Army office Mildred Barya ( born 1976 ), Ugandan writer Mildred Blaxter ( 1925 -- 2010 ), British sociologist Mildred Barnes Bliss ( 1879 -- 1969 ), American art collector Mildred L. Batchelder ( 1901 -- 1998 ), American librarian Mildred Bendall ( 1891 -- 1977 ), French painter Mildred Benson ( 1905 -- 2002 ), American author Mildred Edie Brady ( 1906 -- 1965 ), American writer Mildred Brown ( 1905 -- 1989 ), African American journalist Mildred Burke ( 1915 -- 1989 ), American wrestler Mildred Anne Butler ( 1858 -- 1941 ), Irish artist Mildred Buxton, Countess Buxton ( 1896 -- 1955 ), English aristocrat 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 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 Riddelsdell ( 1913 - 2006 ), British civil servant 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 Rogers, a character from Of Human Bondage 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 Mildred, the wife of Guy Montag in the novel Fahrenheit 451 See also All pages beginning with `` Mildred '' All pages with a title containing Mildred References Jump up ^ `` Mildred. '' Think Baby Names. Accessed on January 15, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Mildred. '' Behind the Name. Accessed on January 16, 2012. This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mildred_(name)&oldid=812076262 '' Categories : Given names Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Français Italiano Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 25 November 2017, at 21 : 27. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the meaning of the name mildred
Answer: "gentle strength"