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I love me some old lady names, even some that might be considered ugly. But Mildred is not one I can get on board with...it reminds me of mildew, plus the -dred sound is, well, dreadful. I want to like Millicent, but it reminds me of militant. I do prefer Millicent to Mildred though. I love Millie too, so I can see your dilemma, but I'd go for maybe Camilla, or even Amelia if I really wanted Millie. Or maybe Mila? In any event, I don't think it would be cruel to name a child Mildred, but it certainly would fall into the category of "character building" ;p I think of my daughter's kindergarten class, where several little girls do have old fashioned names, but poor little Mildred would really stand out...and not in a way that I can imagine my 6 year old being happy about if it were her name to bear. One thing I tried to do when naming my kids was to think of it being my name, and think of how I would like to have had it throughout the stages of my life.