Entry № 6855 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Mildburh Mildburh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MILD-burg /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Mild-fortress (Saint of Wenlock)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "mild-fortress (saint of wenlock)".

Saint Mildburh (d. c. 715) was the Anglo-Saxon abbess of Wenlock Priory in Shropshire — sister of Saints Mildred and Mildgyth, granddaughter of King Penda of Mercia.

Famous in medieval England for miraculous healing.

Mild-fortress. The Anglo-Saxon abbess of Wenlock.

The name in its native script.

Mildburh
Transliteration
Mildburh
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɪld.bɜːrɡ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mildburh stands.

Mildburh does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mildburhs before her.

Real people
Saint Mildburh
Anglo-Saxon abbess of Wenlock.
d. c. 715
In fiction
Mildburh
Common in Anglo-Saxon historical fiction.

Names connected to Mildburh.

The number behind Mildburh.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mildburh reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.