Millicent

Millicent or Milicent 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]

People

Fictional characters

  • Millicent Carew, fiancée 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 Arnold, 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
  • 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 Newberry, protagonist of three detective novels by Jennette Lee
  • Aunt Millicent, an original character created for the 2003 film adaptation of Peter Pan, portray by Lynn Redgrave
  • Milicent Bystander, a name given to fictional character Roddy St. James from Flushed Away (2006 film).

See also

References

  1. Withycombe, E.G., comp. (1950) The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 209.
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