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Millicent by far IMO! I think Mildred reminds me of mildew too much unfortunately. I think I like Millicent in the same sparkly/girly way I like Priscilla.

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Either way I like the nn Millie a lot too.

I think Mildred and Millicent are horribly ugly. I would just use Millie as a full name or use Emilia, Amelia, Emily, Emiliana or Camille to give Millie a full name.

Absolutely love both of these names

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I absolutely adore both of these names. Either one would be beautiful and a strong, good name that will age well.

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With that said I can only pick one, and so I'll go with Mildred simply because the meaning of 'gentle strength' is amazing.

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But still, either one would be a really good choice.

This message was edited 4/9/2018, 9:47 PM

I like them both but I slightly prefer Mildred. Millicent makes me think of Maleficent (sp?). I don’t think I have the guts to use the name Mildred in real life.

I love Millicent. Such a strong name and with the awesome namesake Millicent Fawcett. Mildred is all mildew and dreariness to me. I would fight tooth and nail to prevent either being shortened to Milly though - I find it horribly twee

This message was edited 4/9/2018, 4:01 PM

Millicent, for no other reason than that it sounds better to me.

Mildred makes me think of mildew. Millicent is a huge improvement. Millie is cute.

This message was edited 4/9/2018, 11:57 AM

I like Mildred but not so much that I'd consider using it. The impression I get from it is basically a mix of what mirfak and Wordsmith said about it. If I think of it in a positive way, it reminds me of a temperate rain forest and old books (and unapologetically big hair?); if I think of it from a negative angle, it reminds me of mildew and rot and dread (maybe I'm getting the hair association from dreadlocks?).

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Millicent is okay, but it reminds me of 'militant' and images that go along with that...strict, rigid, diligent, a girl with a square jaw, serious, spartan, brusque, an automaton...more vaguely it reminds me of millipedes and money. I think the t ending makes it seem cleaner/crisper/harder.

This message was edited 4/9/2018, 11:43 AM

Mildred is so much better.
Have you watched the second Harry Potter movie, where Hermione takes polyjuice potion and transform into a cat? That's all I can think of whenever I see/hear Millicent, since the cat's owner is named Millicent...

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Edit: May I suggest Emilia "Millie" ?

This message was edited 4/9/2018, 10:46 AM

I like them both but they're so different.
Mildred is charming, but it's also antiquated in this modern world of imagey names chosen for sound - it suffers from word-associations people make. It doesn't bother me, but I don't think I'd name a child this, not yet anyway.
Millicent is prissier and also antiquated but has a shinier image for me. I don't like the cent part and vastly prefer it spelled Melisant. Or even Millisent would be better. But Millicent seems more to me like it could be a baby name than Mildred, at any rate.
Melisant > Mildred > Millicent according to my taste
Melisant > Millicent > Mildred for a baby

This message was edited 4/9/2018, 9:58 AM

I adore both, but I currently prefer Mildred. It feels more ancient and pagan to me, and unlike Millicent, Mildred evokes moss & brooks & trees & the kind of person who would relish them.

I like Melisande, which I think Millicent is related too? I also think Millie can come from Melisande. So I guess Millicent.

Definitely Millicent.

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My full name is Millie (that's what it says on my birth certificate) but I went through a stage with my sister, Ellie (also full name) that we'd elongate our names and so I became Millicent more often than not, and her Eleanore. While I still call her Eleanore from time to time, we reverted back to our shortened names soon enough.

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Millie might seem nickname-proof but I probably get called "Mil" more than I get called Millie.

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I find Mildred clunky, and not in a cute way like Edith. I don't like the sound of all those letters together in that order. I'm not wild about Millicent either. To get Millie, I'd probably pick Camille (cah-MEEL) as a full name but other (less dated options) are Emilie, Emily, Amelie, Amelia, Camila, Camilla, Mila, Milla.

I prefer Mildred - shorter, less complicated, less monetary and I had a bad experience with a Millicent once.

I love Millicent - more to due to its lengthy history and international spelling & phonetic variations - Millie & Mélisande (Melisond); Amalasuintha, Sondra, Sandra, even Sandy, Cindy & even Cynthia, which is a different name, yet, here, somehow fuses.

This message was edited 4/9/2018, 3:42 AM