Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage English Pronounced Pron. MIL-ər [key·IPA] Meaning & History Occupational surname referring to a person who owned or worked in a grain mill, from Middle English mille "mill". Related NamesDetails VariantMillsOther Languages & CulturesMlynář, Mlynárik(Czech) Møller(Danish) Mulder(Dutch) Vermeulen(Flemish) Meunier, Moulin(French) Mueller, Müller, Muller(German) Molnár(Hungarian) Möller(Low German) Milne(Scottish) Molina(Spanish) Möller(Swedish) Categories baseball players, comedians, Doctor Who companions, Emergency characters, ends in -er, NBA players, occupations, Six Feet Under characters, word names