Millicent
Millicent is a female given name that has been in use since the Middle Ages. The English form Millicent derives from the Old French Melisende, from the Germanic amal "work" and swinth "strength".[1] Millicent may refer to:
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People
- Millicent Bagot (1907–2006), British intelligence officer
- Millicent Baxter (1888–1984), New Zealand pacifist
- Millicent Borges Accardi, Portuguese-American poet and writer
- Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929), British suffragist
- Millicent Fenwick (1910–1992), American fashion editor and politician
- Millicent Hearst (1882–1974), American socialite and philanthropist
- Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1867–1955), British society hostess
- Millicent Martin (born 1934), British actress
- Millicent Preston-Stanley (1883–1955), Australian feminist and politician
- Millicent Selsam (1912–1996), American author
- Milicent Shinn (1858–1940), American psychologist
- Millicent Silver (1905–1986), British musician
Fictional characters
- Millicent Carew, fiancé to Dr. Jekyll in the 1920 film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Millicent, in the 1957 Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Romeo
- Millicent, fictional term for police officers in the nadsat slang of the 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Millicent Bagnold, in the Harry Potter series
- Millicent Collins, comic book heroine best known as Millie the Model
- Millicent Bulstrode, in the Harry Potter series
- Millicent Bystander, in the 2006 film Flushed Away
- Millicent Min, heroine of Millicent Min, Girl Genius, 2003 novel by Lisa Yee
- Millicent Huxtable, in the television series One Tree Hill
- Millicent Mudd, in the webcomic Ozy and Millie
- Millicent Weems, in the 2008 film Synecdoche, New York
- Millicent Carter, recurring character in the ER television series
- Millicent, in the short story "Initiation" by Sylvia Plath
- Millicent "Penny" Woods, a character on the television series Good Times
- Millicent 'Millie' Princey, a character on the episode "Wet Saturday" of the series Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Millicent Barnes, main character in the 1960 Twilight Zone episode Mirror Image
- Millicent Gergich, recurring character in the television series "Parks and Recreation".
- "Barbie" Millicent Roberts, the middle name of the famous Mattel female doll known as Barbie since debuting March 9, 1959
- Millicent Collins, a Collins family ancestor in the 1960s soap opera Dark Shadows
- Milicent Darnham, in the 1831 novel Mothers and Daughters (Vol. 3) by Catherine Gore
- Millicent Crosswire, mother of Muffy Crosswire in the 1996 cartoon adaption Arthur
- Millicent "Minx" Lawrence, a young girl who becomes a friend of Drill and player of his game in the television series The Whispers.
- Millicent Bell - Millicent and Eugene Bell Foundation
Places
- Millicent, Alberta
- Millicent, South Australia
- Millicent Library, Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Other uses
- Millicent, a micropayment system
See also
References
- ↑ Withycombe, E.G., comp. (1950) The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 209.
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