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how about miles for a boy?

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carriedababi · 31/10/2011 11:49

or would he be the butt of endless jokes, oh i had to go for miles to get that, oh that place is miles away

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Dexifehatz · 06/11/2011 22:12

My son's Dexter Miles and I wouldn't have minded it as a first name.

3isthemagicnumber · 03/11/2011 18:35

Love it-timeless,ageless and uber cool

LAbaby · 03/11/2011 05:03

Lovely name

PigletJohn · 02/11/2011 23:53

There's a headstone for a chap called Miles beside the road. It says he was 85 and was from London.

IHeartKingThistle · 02/11/2011 23:48

I've taught 3 at secondary and based on that extensive research I would say that all boys called Miles or Myles are lovely and polite.

HTH Grin

proudfoot · 02/11/2011 23:34

Fab name. I have known a few and never heard jokes and jibes about distance - don't think it would be a major issue, surely?

CarrieInAnotherBabi · 02/11/2011 15:55

thanks for your thoughts, i like it but don't love it, but it's dh's fav name....

tammytoby · 02/11/2011 15:51

Plural of Mile to my ears. There are far nicer names imo. Don't see what is 'rah' or 'poncy' about it though Hmm?

wineandcheese · 02/11/2011 15:33

Bit "rah" but I like it and it makes me think of This Life (that's a good thing!).

lottiegb · 02/11/2011 15:13

Nice but personally wouldn't as read Henry James' 'The Turn of the Screw' at an impressionable age (with spooky, possibly possessed children, Miles and Flora). That's not a reference that's going to bother many people though.

FunnysInTheGarden · 02/11/2011 15:08

oh yes, totally poncey. All the Miles's I know are V posh, but thats part of it's charm IMO

3isamagicnumber · 02/11/2011 14:57

Dont like it, sorry! Sounds too poncy for me.

DialMforMummy · 31/10/2011 20:37

I love it. I am not allowed to consider it for future DC as DH dislikes it Angry.

eurycantha · 31/10/2011 20:12

I know two miles 12 and 6 years .1ve never heard any distance jokes .One is sometimes smiley Miley.

birdofthenorth · 31/10/2011 19:53

Like it. Like Milo too -gets trashed on here though!

Sparklingbrook · 31/10/2011 17:37

My friend's son is called Miles. I have always thought it was a great name. Smile

kenobi · 31/10/2011 17:30

Yep, DH has never found anyone confusing him with a road. He's 35 btw.

People are pretty good about that sort of thing Grin, and it's not like it isn't a traditional, long-standing English name.

wigglesrock · 31/10/2011 16:49

My friend has a Myles, there's never been any "distance" jokes and he's in his third year of primary school.

MrsRetchingBloodAndGuts · 31/10/2011 16:47

I can't see it actually being confusing, you'd have to be pretty silly to be able to confuse something like that, I mean it's just a name... Of a person, not space on a road. Confused

MrsRetchingBloodAndGuts · 31/10/2011 16:45

I love it I think it's cool, it's my Dads name :)

I cant believe my granny chose it actually as I don't think it 'goes' with his brothers names, Timothy and Richard.

WestsAwake · 31/10/2011 16:40

Prefer Miles. Nice name.

GuillotinedMaryLacey · 31/10/2011 16:39

I like it, but don't ponce around spelling it Myles. Miles is absolutely fine.

LaFilleSurLePont · 31/10/2011 16:33

Love it.

frutilla · 31/10/2011 16:16

I prefer the Miles spelling.

lettinggo · 31/10/2011 15:31

@mopsyflopsy, don't you mean it's too imperial? Grin

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