Is miller a irish last name if not what is it?

is miller a irish last name? if not what is it?

Is miller a irish last name if not what is it?
You might mean Maylor which is an Irish name.





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Reply:Miller is a very versatile name. If you have that surname, you could be Dutch, English, German, Jewish, or Scottish. In the United States, it is most commonly a Scottish name (in other words, more Millers here are of Scottish descent than the others). You would have to look into your family history to find out.
Reply:People who respond might have forgotten that Northern Ireland is a part of the UK, meaning a name that's English-sounding might be English, Welsh, Scottish or Irish. Northern Irish to be exact. There is a very small possibility that the name Miller could be Irish from Northern Ireland.





"you could be Dutch, English, German, Jewish, or Scottish."


I could say Miller is also Chinese, Korean, Arabic, etc... because then it's because it's the translation of "Miller" from Dutch, German, and Hebrew or Yiddish and Scottish into English. Otherwise, it wouldn't be spelled exactly as "M-i-l-l-e-r". Take Schmidt, which is from German, where the English is Smith. The German spelling looks nothing like its English equivalent. There were so many iron workers/blacksmiths in ancient China, I think Smith might be Chinese [Smith = short for blacksmith, goldsmith or silversmith]?
Reply:i know there are a lot of jewish millers, but i dont think its irish, but somewhere else in europe.
Reply:Any miller who migrated to an English-speaking country might well become a Miller on arrival. There were many German immigrants to the United States named Müller who changed the name to Miller or had it changed for them at the border by immigration officials (although some preferred Mueller). The English word 'miller' derived from the old Anglo-Saxon, but it was already miller is Chaucer's Middle English. The Swedes were Mjölnars. Some became Molnars and others Millers. The Dutch were Molenaars, and some of them–as indicated in another answer–chose Miller.
Reply:It isn't really an Irish surname, but there are Irish people with the name. Irish surnames more often than not come from the Irish language, e.g. Murphy from Ó Murchú. But you could still be called Miller and be descended from say English people who emigrated to Ireland 500 years ago. Miller is a name that could come from a number of different countries, such as Scotland, England and German. You should look into the history of a Miller family to see where they came from if you want to know whether it is Irish in their case.

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