Mills

Meanings

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:
5. A township in Bond County, Illinois.
6. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky; named for postmaster Isaac Mills.
7. A township in Midland County, Michigan.
8. A township in Ogemaw County, Michigan.
9. An unincorporated community in Keya Paha County, Nebraska; named for a local gristmill.
10. An unincorporated community in Harding County, New Mexico; named for rancher and politician Melvin Whitson Mills.
11. An unincorporated community in Juab County, Utah.
12. A town in Natrona County, Wyoming.

1. plural of mill

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mill

Etymology

From mills, in reference to mill owners and mill workers.