Damn you Miley Cyrus

[PippityPip]

So back when I was at university I knew a couple called Kylie and Michael, everyone called them Mylie as a "couples name" (Brangelina style.) I really liked the name from then..I remember thinking it would make a nice name for a daughter one day! Funny because I'm not a fan of Kylie/Riley but really liked Miley.

Do you think there's any possibility of being able to use it without the Cyrus connection? Even when she rose to fame as Hannah Montana I thought "oh well she seems sweet enough" so would have still used it. I'm hoping by the time my DD is older Cyrus will be long gone but I have a feeling that is wishful thinking lol think she may be one for the history books!! And even more annoyingly my DH loves Millie which I am not so keen on so Miley would make for a great compromise.

Anyone else think it's a nice name though? Her real name is actually Destiny but was nicknamed Smiley as a youngster which got turned into Miley. Just found that out today!

[Frikadellen]

Yes as they hear it they will at the moment think Cyrus but then it becomes your dd and that's their reference. Next time they hear it that will be who they think off. Pretty name I o

[Blueberrybaby]

No sorry, regardless of the Cyrus connection, I just don't like it as a name.

[googietheegg]

No. It's grim.

[Pobblewhohasnotoes]

Oh, I met a Miley-Rae too.

[Pobblewhohasnotoes]

Just no. For exactly the reason that it's just like calling your child Kylie or Beyoncé or Britney.

[Spanglemum]

quietlysuggests - That's sad but I do know similar children. I don't like snobbery about names partly because it's rife in my family.
My friend has a Mialie (not spelt that way) who was born before Miley Cyrus became famous. She gets annoyed when people assume her name is Miley.

[Nocomet]

Millie, however spelt is fine. MC will be old and forgotten by the time your DD and the slightly older (born the year before the stripper act) Millie I know are old enough to care.

My family veto'd my choice for DD2 partly due to a celeb, that vanished from the news by the time she was old enough to care.

[ImpOfDarkness]

Or Mailys (pronounced my-lease more or less) which is a nice French name?

[UriGeller]

There's a woman I've seen has a BIG pram, absolutely swathed in Broderie Anglaise and nylon netting. Got the baby's name embroidered on the top in swirly pink letters "Miley-Rae".

I've imagined her a son called Billy too.

[TessOfTheBaublevilles]

Miley is a no no because it's not even a real name so Cyrus girl kind of owns it.

Really? I'll have to tell my 36-year old friend that, who was given the name, as it was her mother's middle name and her grandfather's middle name too.

When my friend researched her family tree (on Ancestry), she found not only was it an old family surname, but her great-great-great grandfather had Miley as a first name.

Not only that, but when she searched for Miley as a first name on Ancestry, she found hundreds of people with the name (as a first name), some as far back as the early 19th century.

While I accept that the modern connotation of the name, is with Miley Cyrus, to say it's not a real name is simply not true.

[Umlauf]

Mila?

[SizzlesSit]

Have you any vietnamese family connection? (Long shot). My friend is Mai-Ly, pronounced like Miley

[CheerfulYank]

I always think Cyrus, and I know a few Mileys. Sorry! Marlie? Maybe Miley as a long shot nickname for Madeleine?

[Gugglebum]

I agree people would come to think of your daughter before a one time celebrity. Also, you could create a little separation by using the Hawaiian spelling, Maile (pronounce Miley still) which is the name of the pretty green vines they use to make leis there. No sentimental connection to Hawaii? Take a trip and make one.

[looki]

Cyrus will be linked to that name for a long time to come . Don't do it to your little girl!!!!! :-) I agree with the poster who said it would be like calling your child Kylie.

[LyndaCartersBigPants]

I also know a Miley at my DCs school, who is super cute and when I think of the name it reminds me of her, not Cyrus.

[FlipFantasia]

Squoosh he'll always be Miley to me!

OP i think it would be dreadful to be named after Miley Cyrus! I know you wouldn't be naming a dd after her but everyone would assume you were (and the original story isn't that cool either so either way would be a lose/lose situation for your dd). I'd suggest leaving aside all M names and starting with a blank slate.

[sleepingbeautiful]

Miley is a no no because it's not even a real name so Cyrus girl kind of owns it.
I know a Mailyne (pron may-lyn), which I found quite pretty, but maybe because she is stunning and nice so good association...

[FightingFires]

[TossedSaladsAndScrambledEggs]

X posts sorry!

[TossedSaladsAndScrambledEggs]

Millicent?

[FightingFires]

Millicent. Say what you like, I love it.

[DramaAlpaca]

at squoosh

As for the name, for all the reasons above - just no.

[squoosh]

He's the one on the left in case you're wondering!