Thoughts on the name Miller for a by?

[TwinkleTwinkleX]

Wondering the general consensus on the name Miller for a boy?
We really like it but not sure if it’s polarising?
Surname is one syllable so hoping it works x

Personally I don’t like it as I consider it a surname, but that’s true for me of all those sorts of names eg hunter, carter, Hudson. it’s fine and not one I’ve come across much (I know of one newborn).

I really like it but I love names that are considered surnames, Carter, Cooper, Parker, Fletcher etc. I think you might find on MN it’s unpopular though, I posted a list of potential names for baby I’m currently pregnant with and nearly everyone slated these kind of names! We all like different though lol.

Well, it’s a surname, but I suppose it’s no worse than other trade names like Cooper and Tailor and Mason. Can’t say I’m keen, though.

Same. I'm not a fan of the surname as first name thing and I don't get why you'd choose Miller but Teacher or Accountant would be weird. They're all weird to me. But lots of people will like it.

I’m not a fan, and am of a generation to think Windy Miller, so that’s another reason to say no.

if you like the surname vibe what about Archer or Mitchell (Mitch is a cool diminutive)

The only Miller I know is a grown man who's been called it for about 30 years but it's a nn - his surname is Miller (I can't even remember what his first name is at this stage, he's just Miller)

I quite like surnames as first names so Miller sounds good to me 👍

Not for me, I'm another who doesn't like surnames as first names.

Not keen on it at all. I think of the plant dusty Miller.

I knew a child Miller. His story was horrendously sad, so for me that would make it an unlucky name. Not rational, I know.

I would definitely assume that you are American (not a bad thing).

I like it, I like Fletcher too what a PP mentioned. I don't usually like 'surnamey' forenames but those are quite nice imo.

Since you ask, I don’t like it. I don’t like surnames as first names. It sounds American to me.

Will get 'Dusty' as nickname. Like it.

I’d assume you were aping American names

and as soon as you said miller id think windy!!
also you will be constantly asked is that your maiden / family name as people will assume that why you used it

I think it has the potential to get mixed up with the girls names Milla, Mila, Mia, Maia, Maya etc. but if I really liked it that wouldn’t bother me.

Same...I encountered a little Miller through work who was under CP in the end. It was a "trendy" name picked by a very young Mum from a sad background herself.

I'm not personally keen on this sort of name...Carter, Hudson, Rider etc. I prefer Miles or Maximillian as far as M names go.

Not to my taste, but it's not as bad as some of the other surnamey names.

I wonder whether it’s the same Miller. We were emergency FCs.

I really like it

I like it. It’s an old English/Scottish surname so I don’t get American vibes 😊

I would assume American as well, or lower socioeconomic group if British (I'm aware this sounds snobby). It's not a proper name to me.

I wondered too but our Miller was placed within his wider family and never in emergency foster care as family always stepped in.

I like it and also the trend for surnames as first names.

It reminds of the range of Nike t-shirts that are popular with teenage boys 🤣. I'm not sure I could get passed that.