English and Scottish occupational name from northern Middle English miller, from mille 'mill', reinforced by Old Norse mylnari. In southern and central England Millward 'mill keeper' was the usual term. In America it absorbed German Müller and other European 'miller' names; it is also a Jewish (Ashkenazic) and Amish surname from Müller.
Spellings and related forms: Millar, Milner, Millward, Mills, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molnár.
Miller means someone who ran a grain mill.
Most surnames have no single "family crest". In heraldry, a coat of arms belonged to one person and passed down one line of descent. Sites that sell "the Miller coat of arms" usually show the arms of one historic family that shared the name. Ours is different on purpose: an original design built from what the name means, which any Miller can own honestly.
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