Miles, boys name?? Any comments welcome!

[Bellaholland]

I like it but not sure what others think?

Love it, classic name.

No, it means soldier which I am not keen on.
Also it is very very very very bad with DH surname so I am definitely biased against it as a first name.

I really like it

Like

no, i hate it, far too posh for my liking

It's alright, prefer Milo though

It is like calling your baby Kilometres, sorry.

Unless you are not in the UK (where people measure distance in Miles) but in Europe where Miles are not used.

I don't like it, I'm afraid. It does sound like the plural of Mile.

It is also a very 'English' name in that it wouldn't sound great in other languages (e.g. Mee-less in German or Meel in French ).

Love it. My BIL is Myles and DD would have been Myles if she was a boy. Prefer it with a y though.

Like it.

I sometimes feel like my whole purpose in life is to come onto MN threads to insist yet again that it's not like calling your baby Kilometres. And to mention Miles Davis. Who is, I say again, the personification of cool.

But TheSurgoeons, the OP has asked for our opinions. And to my ears Miles sounds like the plural of Mile. And, in the UK at least, Miles are used every day all around us to define distance (e.g. 10 miles to London etc).

And whether Mr Davis's is also called their son Miles really doesn't change that perception in my mind.

Miles is lovely.

I love it and would definitely use it.

I don't like the sound of it. Would you shorten to Mile ?

Too metric for me too, I'm afraid.

Hi the issues with Mile as in distance is not a problem as I don't live in the UK. Dutch husband and live in NL where we use KL!

Love it!

If you're in Holland and only use Kilometres then Miles would be ok. How would you pronounce it in Dutch - I would think more like Mee-less?

Love it.

I prefer Giles

It would only be like calling your baby kilometres if kilometres was a common surname, which it is not.

I like the name and it was on our shortlist, but we went for something that sounded better with our last name.

I have to agree about the association with Miles (measure of distance) because Miles is mainly used to define distance in the UK. So when someone calls 'Miles' it does not automatically register as a name.

Giles is good alternative though.