Family name origins & meanings
- Irish : variant of Mullen.
- English : from Old French Milon, an inflected form of the personal name Miles (see Miles 1).
- English : from Middle English milne, adjectival form of mille ‘mill’, or perhaps a topographic name for someone living in a lane leading to a mill, from Middle English mille, milne ‘mill’ + lane, lone ‘lane’.
- Dutch : patronymic from Miele 3.