Mills

See also: mills

English

Etymology

From mills, in reference to mill owners and workers.

Proper noun

Mills

1. An English and Scottish occupational surname.
2. A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of an Mhuilinn (“of the mill”).
3. A male given name transferred from the surname
4. A locale in the United States.
   1. A town in Wyoming.
   2. An unincorporated community in Kentucky; named for postmaster Isaac Mills.
   3. An unincorporated community in Nebraska; named for a local gristmill.
   4. An unincorporated community in New Mexico; named for rancher and politician Melvin Whitson Mills.
   5. An unincorporated community in Utah.

Derived terms

• Mills County
• Roger Mills County