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单词 Mildmay
释义

Mildmay

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

  • From Old English milde (mild) + mægden (girl, virgin), a nickname for a young woman.
  • From Old English milde (mild) + dēma (judge), a nickname for a merciful judge or person[1].

Proper noun

Mildmay (countable and uncountable, plural Mildmays)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A community in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mildmay is the 223652nd most common surname in England, belonging to 6 individuals.

References

  1. Mark Antony Lower (1860), “Mildmay”, in Patronymica Britannica. A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom., London: John Russell Smith, []; Lewes: G. P. Bacon, page 225, column 1.

Further reading

  • Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), Mildmay”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 589.
  • Forebears
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