Miller for a girl

joannakanna · December 2018

Opinions please! Is Miller too masculine?The few people I've mentioned it to really didn't seem to like it for a girl at all. I think it's cute (especially with Millie as a nick name), but I don't want to give my daughter a name that people really don't seem to like. Honest thoughts please and thank you!!!!

mb0112 · December 2018

I don’t like it at all. If it’s a family name I’d put it as the middle name. I like Millie but it could be short for -

Camilla
Camille
Amelia
Mila
Millicent
Matilda
Emmeline

Bringmemylongswordho · December 2018

Honestly? Masculinity isn't the issue here. Miller is just boring. It's such a common surname. Like, top 10 common. There's a over a million people with Miller as a last name. Probably more because those stats are from 2000. It's not even a cool last name like "Fox". I wouldn't recommend this for a boy. Even for occupational names, like, milling is boring. Masonry and smithing can be really interesting, and there's a lot of craftmenship involved. Milling, not so much.

You can open a phone book, filp to a random page, point, and find a better given name then Miller.

bbiutmcph · December 2018

On top of everything @Bringmemylongswordho said, I also just assume you like beer and married a frat guy who still thinks he is 19 and smashes beer cans in his head on the weekends

meggyme · December 2018

What they said...

SmrBrd2012 · December 2018

Agree with the above and it's too surnamey. Most people that use surnames as first names seem to use them for boys so I guess in that way it is masculine. Keep looking!

harpseal135 · December 2018

joannakanna said:

Opinions please! Is Miller too masculine?The few people I've mentioned it to really didn't seem to like it for a girl at all. I think it's cute (especially with Millie as a nick name), but I don't want to give my daughter a name that people really don't seem to like. Honest thoughts please and thank you!!!!

Please, try again.

I agree with all previous posts.

nerdtoyourmother · December 2018

I don't hate Miller like most others seem to. We have an elderly Miller in our family, and I have never given it a second thought. I especially LOVE Millie, although there are probably other ways to get that nn if you are going to jump ship on Miller.

I think one of your biggest problems is trying out a name you are unsure of on your family. I am of the mind that you either need to be dedicated to it (even if others protest) or keep it quiet until it actually belongs to a baby. It's harder to criticize then.

MrsN092714 · December 2018

I went to school with a girl named Miller. I didnt know about the beer (known her since elementary) and when I heard it on a man later, it seemed strange. I think it's fine on a girl.