how about miles for a boy?

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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

Nice name but would spell it Myles.

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?

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).

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

I always liked it as a name.

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

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.

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 .

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).

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.

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

I like it (with the spelling Miles).

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

I prefer the Miles spelling.

Love it.

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

Prefer Miles. Nice name.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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