Milwaukee Weather | Weather of Milwaukee | Weather: The name “Milwaukee” comes from an Algonquian word millioke, meaning “good”, “beautiful” and “pleasant land” (compare Potawatomi: minwaking, Ojibwe: ominowakiing) or “gathering place [by the water]” (compare Potawatomi: manwaking, Ojibwe: omaniwakiing). The name has a less pleasant connotation in the Menominee language, where it is called Māēnāēwah, “some misfortune happens”.