Mildred

Dred/Dredd/Dread could be a fun nickname, although maybe not for an infant who hasn't chosen the name. There's always changing your name as an adult, and fiction.

I love vintage names and I really try to like this one because the meaning is so beautiful, but all I think when I say it out loud is mildew. It’s just not my cup of tea, I suppose.

Mildred means gentle strength, but to me now, it summons up Frances McDormand's kick ass Mildred in the brilliant Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. Rock on, Mildred!

I can only think of an old lady named this.

I find myself agreeing with you. It has a beautiful meaning, a gorgeous nickname, Millie (shared with Millicent, which I love), and really, it is growing on me, slowly but steadily. I think I am actually becoming a fan of Mildred. People are so unfair about this name in general. I actually do believe that the name will be revived, but not sure how long it will take.

Millie is a really cute nickname. I had an Aunt Mildred who was very funny and happy all the time.

Interesting that a lot of these apparently extremely unpopular and clunky and dreadful names have pronounced Ds in them. Mildred, Gertrude, Hildegarde, Hedwig, Brenda . . . and I think most of them are very pretty and delicate too!

I just can't like this, but Millicent is lovely, and Millie can work perfectly well as an independent name.

It isn't the best name. Millie is adorable though.

How about Milicent? I find that it has a similar sound and the same great nickname yet lacks the 'mildew' and 'dread' feeling :)

I wish I could love this name. It has so much going for it - rare but familiar, lovely meaning, cute nickname... but all I can think of is mildew and dread. I'm going to keep trying to like it though.

Mildred was the name of my late grandmother who passed away last year. The meaning "gentle strength" fits her perfectly so I'm glad my great grandmother chose this name for her.❤️

My great-grandmother was named Mildred and I feel that she embodied the meaning of the name! I've been trying my hardest to love this name but I can't get past just kinda liking it. I've tried looking at other full names for the nn Millie but hate Millicent...

Millie is a cute nn and hopefully the name will revive

I was named after my grandma. Its a hard-to-get-used-to name, but what I love about it is that the name will hopefully be revived, and its so unique, I've never had to go by a last initial because someone shares the same name! :)

Ive seen girls with the name jayden

My name is Mildred! Millie is a cuter nickname, and anyone who says Mildred is a bad name is stupid. I'm considered one of the brightest and happiest people my friends have said to know, and I intend to be anything but dreary.

I like this name.I think it's cute yet strong,and not something you should be ashamed of.I knew a spunky little old lady named Mildred,and she went by Red,which is better than Millie/Milly,in my opinion.

My husband's grandmother was Mildred, but she went by Midge. Midge fit her personality way better. I worked with a little old lady name Mildred and she went by Milly, which also fit her way better. As much as I loved my husband's grandmother, I just couldn't bestow Mildred onto someone.

I much prefer the adorable Millicent, but Mildred is quite cute too

those are boy names though

This is random...but I think of paper towels soggy from sopping up milk. Lol THAT is what turns me off to the name. Why I think of that is a huge conundrum to me...

Mildred is a special name for me. I love it because it's my beautiful mother's name..

This is one of those names that I don't really like but don't really dislike either.

That's what I think when I hear this name, too.

I actually love this name. There's something in the name that Jayden or Kylan just doesn't have.

It's probably something to do with a childhood full of Mildred Hubble, but I quite like this name. It's dreary, it's dusty, it's musty, but it's sweet, like the sweet smell of the pages of a very old, musty book. I think the meaning "gentle strength" really suits it.

While Millie's a cute nn, there's got to be a better way to get to it than Mildred. Millicent, maybe?

I adore the name Mildred. It's my grandmother's name and I have long wanted to name a girl this. However, I've met several young Mildred's who hate the name and can't believe their parents named them something so "old". So, if we choose this name, we are going to use the diminutive "Millie".

Crabby old woman with a pointy nose, drab clothing, and gray hair in a too-tight bun.

I despise this name.

I both laugh and cringe at this name LMAO

Love it! And also like the nn Millie (even though I don't normally like nns).

It should be revived. It's pretty and cute.

I also love it! Mildred Wirt Benson wrote most of the original Nancy Drew mysteries and Mildred was the main character of Barbara Pym's classic, Excellent Women. A name of character with cute nicknames.

This is also on the list of names my family has banned me from using. They said something about the -dred part of the name being too close to dreadful. This name is still the apple of my eye though.