Description
Every name is a story. This one begins with a mill.
“Miller” is America’s seventh most common surname — and it started as a job. The miller ground the village’s grain, and the name followed the trade: from the northern English “miller” to German Müller, French Meunier, Italian Molinaro, and a dozen other tongues — all absorbed into the American spelling at the clerk’s desk.
This lavishly illustrated volume traces Miller through eight chapters — the job that became the name; the northern heartland where the Millers began; three streams of migration that carried Miller across the water; the signature story of Doris “Dorie” Miller, the cook who fought the fleet’s battle at Pearl Harbor; the heraldry that belongs to particular lineages and never to all; a gallery of great bearers — Arthur Miller, Henry Miller, Glenn Miller, Marilyn Miller; the curiosities, from Chaucer’s miller to “It’s Miller Time”; the towns that kept the name; and where the Millers live today — seventh in America.
Printed in dramatic 8.5″ × 11″ large format, Miller: A Surname History is the perfect gift for anyone who bears the name — past, present, and future — and for all those who love them.
Find your name. Find your story.
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