Millet Family History
Millet Name Meaning
French and Catalan: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of millet or panic grass or a topographic name for someone who lived by a field of millet from French and Catalan millet (from Latin milietum a derivative of milium in Old French mil ‘millet’). French: habitational name from (Le) Millet the name of several places in various parts of France. English (mainly Lancashire) and Irish (Mayo and Tipperary): from the Middle English male personal name Milot a diminutive of Mile (see Miles ) or from the Middle English female personal name Millota a diminutive of Mill (a short form of Millicent see Mill ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022