MUELLER Family History

Recorded in a wide variety of spellings including Moehle, Muehle, Muehler, Muller, Mueller, Mullner, Moller, Millner, Molnar, Molner and others, this is a German occupational and/or residential surname. It usually describes a corn miller, one who operated either a windmill or a waterwheel, although it may also be a person who lived at a house with the sign of a mill. Medieval house signs did not necessarily describe a persons occupation, many signs had simply abstract subjects such as animals or nature were simply signs.