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Original poster

how about miles for a boy?

36 replies

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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Fixture · 31/10/2011 15:21

I like it (with the spelling Miles).

mopsyflopsy · 31/10/2011 15:20

I personally find it too metric, sorry. There are far nicer names imo.

FunnysInTheGarden · 31/10/2011 14:52

I don't get this either. Miles is an actual proper name. DS1's best friend is called Miles and it never occured to me to think of his name as a measure of distance and not a proper name. BTW I also think it is a lovely name and to me Miles and not Myles is the proper spelling.

othersideofchannel · 31/10/2011 14:47

If you're in the UK (where distance is measured in Miles) I wouldn't name a child Miles. It is like calling a child Kilometres on the Continent Grin.

In other words, because miles is such a common word in the UK it could be confusing using it as a name (unlike the other names on Safron's list).

SaffronCake · 31/10/2011 13:55

Being a word in the dictionary never stopped Lily, Ruby and Grace becoming some of the most popular names of recent years. For boys I can also think of Victor, Angel, Mark, Heath and Leo. I once met a boy called Dash.

Loads of names are words.

Miles/Myles is lovely, I hope you aren't put off.

bonklesoul · 31/10/2011 13:45

My son is called Myles. It's a great name

Lonnie · 31/10/2011 12:36

I always liked it as a name.

kenobi · 31/10/2011 12:29

My DH's name is Miles (not a fan of the Myles spelling myself) and it's fab.

Also he never gets jokes about his name, or if he does it's someone saying the phrase accidentally and then going 'Miles away! hah ha!" it's not like calling your child Mike Hunt, it's pretty inoffensive Wink

ShesAStar · 31/10/2011 12:26

My husband's middle name is Myles and I think it sounds great as a middle name. It goes with nearly every other name you can think of (not beginning with M).

thesurgeonsmate · 31/10/2011 12:04

It seems to get a bit of negativity on here from people who think it's a word not a name. I don't get it - to me it's a name, it's the name of the personification of cool Miles Davis. What's not to like?

lettinggo · 31/10/2011 11:54

Nice name but would spell it Myles.

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