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The name MILLARD appears to have 3 origins.
1. English (cheifly Gloucestershire and Worcestershire); variant of Millward. MILLWARD is English (chiefly West Midlands); occupational name for someone in charge of a mill, from old English Mylen "mill" + weard "guardian". In outhern England and the West Midlands this was a standard medieval term for a miller.
2.Northern French; from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements mil "good", "gracious" + hard "hardy", "brave", "strong".
3. Southern French; from a variant spelling of Occitan milhar "millet field" (from mil "millet").
1. English (cheifly Gloucestershire and Worcestershire); variant of Millward. MILLWARD is English (chiefly West Midlands); occupational name for someone in charge of a mill, from old English Mylen "mill" + weard "guardian". In outhern England and the West Midlands this was a standard medieval term for a miller.
2.Northern French; from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements mil "good", "gracious" + hard "hardy", "brave", "strong".
3. Southern French; from a variant spelling of Occitan milhar "millet field" (from mil "millet").