Mildred
Origin: Old English
Meaning: gentle counselor
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MILDRED
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIL-dred [key]
Means “gentle strength” from the Old English elements milde “gentle” and þryð “strength”. Saint Mildred was a 7th-century abbess, the daughter of the Kentish princess Saint Ermenburga.
