indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname
Usage German (Americanized), Danish (Americanized), Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish (Germanized), English
Other Forms FormsMöller, Møller, Melle, Mellor, Miller
Meaning & History
Some characteristic forenames: German Uwe, Alois, Armin, Bernd, Dieter, Erwin, Hartmann, Manfred, Nikolaus, Ute. Jewish Arie, Baruch, Emanuel, Gershon, Moisey, Moshe.Americanized form of German Möller and Danish Møller ‘miller’ (see Moeller).German: habitational name for someone from Melle (see Melle).German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Polish (of German origin): occupational name for a miller or flour merchant, from an agent derivative of German mehl ‘flour’.English (Lancashire, Yorkshire and Staffordshire): variant of Mellor or, in the south-east and East Anglia, possibly a dialectal variant of Miller.