Mueller

Occupational German surname

Mueller is a common German surname meaning "miller," one who grinds grain.

In American usage, the name became widely recognized through Robert Mueller, the FBI director who led the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The Mueller report became shorthand for this investigation and its findings.

The spelling Mueller is an anglicization of the German Müller.

investigation

special counsel

Appointed investigator for conflicts

indictment · subpoena · interference · election · grand jury · testimony · FBI · probe · Manafort · Flynn

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

lineage · patronymic · last name · family name · occupational · German · Swiss · Austrian · immigrant · Ellis Island

German

Bavaria

Southeastern German state

Frankfurt · Hamburg · Stuttgart · Cologne · Dresden · Leipzig · Nuremberg · Bremen · Heidelberg · Saxony

Categories
Opposites
political/legal role in trump era

MuellerDonald Trump

Trump · Rudy Giuliani · obstruction

surname spelling convention

MuellerMiller

Occupational surname for grain-grinders

Muller

Phrases
Family

mill, miller, milling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G