Milly

Gender:girl

Meaning:hard working

Origin:Greek

Pronunciation:mil ee

Variations:Millie

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Milly can be used as the pet form of the names Amelia, Camilla, Emily and Millicent. It therefore has slightly differing meanings and origins attached to it. Amelia and Millicent are both of Old German origin and have similar meanings relating to having a strong work ethic. Camilla is Roman and is associated with help at sacrifices, and Emily is of Latin origin but its meaning is unknown. As all these names have very similar meanings, we can take the meaning of Milly to be along the lines of ‘Hard Working’.

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