Oliver VS Miles

[megadreamer8]

Me and my partner are pretty set on Oliver. Loved the musical since being a young child. It flows nicely. BUT I do get slightly put off that it's so popular. Despite not knowing many Oliver's at all.

Miles is a more recent name that I suggested and my partner said yes, and he mentioned that it will probably become more popular because of Spiderman.

I told my dad and he said he doesn't like Miles so that has put me off a bit.

What do you think sounds better?

Oliver Thomas (middle name Thomas after my granddad)

Miles Oliver or Miles Thomas

I love Miles, so would go for that. However I think you should go with Oliver as it’s been your long term favourite.
In terms of popularity Oliver much more so than Miles currently, however it does seem that Miles is on an upward trend and could become the more popular name in the future. So I wouldn’t base your decision solely on popularity.

Not mad on Miles sadly. Oliver is nice though. I think the middle name Sam or Samuel goes nice with Oliver? Probably not on your radar at all though?!

Hahahhahaa touché 🤣🤣

Thank you. Tbh I'd prefer to use family names for middle names but nice suggestion! :)

@megadreamer8 haha, it's my granddad's name, lol. Thank you!
I would use it, but of course you should use a family name. Oliver goes with loads of other names really, doesn't it?

Ah that makes sense why you suggested it.

I feel like Oliver Thomas flows quite nicely
There is Oliver Stephen and Oliver David as options too

I like them both.

I'm a primary school teacher, and although I do meet quite a few Olivers (I can't remember when I last met a Miles though), they'd probably be the only one in their class.
With Oliver though, you have to be happy with the nickname Ollie/Olly, as he'll undoubtedly at least go through a period of Ollie.

Yeah! I don't mind Ollie, it's quite a chilled out cool Nickname. There's definitely worse out there.

I just love how Oliver flows. I've loved it for years and I didn't really know any growing up, I knew of one boy younger than me called it. Bit gutted it's become so popular though.

In my opinión Oliver is a much nicer names. For some reason i really dislike the name Miles .
But that's just my taste people are different. So just go with the one you prefer. There is nothing wrong with either name.

Miles

Probably because I know six Olivers and am a bit over it as a name. (it doesn't help that two of them were little sods, and you know how associations tarnish names)

I get what you mean and I hate when that happens to a perfectly good name.
To me though, Oliver sounds classic and romantic. I love fiction and Oliver is always an interesting character.

Oliver Miles sounds nice.

Miles is tall, very intelligent and with an appealing smile.

(Hello, Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer! Yes, I will marry you, thank you very much)

Oliver is a slightly keen schoolboy with a plaster on his knee, or a bookish guy with glasses who needs to get a bit more sunshine. Good hearted, though.

(Or is the identical chartacter to the above Miles but in Lady Of Quality also by Heyer, and not quite as lovely as Miles; so I would only marry him to escape living with the ghastly relatives)

Hahaha. This is what is marvelous about our brains, we have so many varying perspectives! 😊

I would go with Stephen or David as a first name as more unusual nowadays. Probably David as goes better with Thomas. David Oliver Thomas

I don't mind David but not a huge fan of the nn Dave. Stephen is okay, but wouldn't be my choice of name. My family member tries to go by Stevie as I don't think they're a fan of their own name. Oliver just flows.

Oliver is pretty classic - plus it’s been popular (top 100 ) for 50 years now and has a pleasant sound as well as strong historical and cultural associations in the UK which means it doesn’t feel quite as trendy as it should do based on the numbers imo.

Miles may be less popular but it also sounds less classic imo - so a potential surge in the popularity of Miles would actually make it feel trendier to me than Oliver. Plus on a juvenile note, it rhymes with Piles which I struggle to unhear for some reason🤣 ( I don’t have the same issue with most other rhyming names/words 🤷‍♀️) .

Oliver - it's popular but popular for a reason imo. It's a nice name

Thank you for this! It is such a classic. I do get a bit put off that it is so popular but I can't help but like it.

Exactly this. Popular for a reason 🥰

which one goes best with the last name that baby will have ?

Never known an Oliver who wasn't known as Olly. Which to me sounds either rugger blokey or weedy.

Miles, ugh. Same class of ugh as Piers and Jeremy.

Oliver Thomas is gorgeous

The last name begins with M and is 3 syllables long. Obviously there's the alliteration with Miles which I quite like. But I am starting to think my original idea of Oliver Thomas is the best option. So it'd be OTM. Rather than MTM or MOM 🤣🤣

It depends on what the surname is. Try both names with it e.g. Oliver Maddison, Miles Middleton, Miles Macmillan, Oliver McGowan or whatever the surname is.
Also bear in mind any potential diminutive.