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A famous bearer of the name Miles was the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.
-- Odinbuddy  9/14/2005
I found this on http://www.irishclans.com/articles/irishbabynames.html for the name Myles.

"An alternative spelling of Miles. Bryan O'Nolan (1911-66) used the pen-name Myles na Gopaleen - a name originally created by Dion Boucicault (1822-90) - for a number of his works and for his Irish Times column."
-- Ora  2/5/2006
According to "The Very Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World", by Bruce Lansky, Meadowbrook Press, ISBN: 0-88166-247-x, Miles (Greek) millstone, (Latin) soldier, (German) merciful.
-- roy44  2/7/2006
Milo is a cute nickname for Miles.
-- Anonymous User  3/5/2006
Miles is a great name for a boy. I prefer the spelling Myles though.
-- Anonymous User  6/15/2006
I do not think the pronunciation of MIE-ulz is quite accurate because that suggests there are two syllables. Myles is one syllable, so it should be MYLZ. [noted -ed]
-- aerynna  9/5/2006
I like this name! I think it's very cool and it's not a very common name either. I would call my child, if he were a boy, Miles. Also a two-tailed fox is called Miles 'Tails' Prower in the Sonic series which is cool!
-- Anonymous User  10/20/2006
Miles Tuck is from the book and movie 'Tuck Everlasting'.
-- caity-bear915  11/9/2006
I love this name and I think that it's a great name for a boy.
-- pussycat doll  1/1/2007
It is one of the supposed real names of Matt, a character from the anime Death Note. His full real name is Miles Jeevas. The other thought for his name is Mail.
-- Sophie Jenkins  2/1/2007
As my username states I am a girl (a fourteen year old girl) named Miles. I love my name and I am glad to have a name as memorable and beautiful. Please do not think of this name as strictly a male name, it is not!
-- Miles_thegirl  4/17/2007
Miles also means generous - a great quality!
-- kayfi  6/10/2007
What a great name for a boy. Concise, strong, not too common, and yet it has a certain presence and beauty. The historical precedents are amazing, particularly Miles Davis. Definitely on my top ten (both genders) list.
-- WritingIsMyReligion  6/24/2007
Actress Renée O´Connor & Steve Muir have a son Miles Muir, born 22th September 2001.
-- Maggie_Simpson  10/14/2007
Miles Edgeworth is a popular character who stars in the Phoenix Wright video game trilogy.
-- Anonymous User  11/9/2007
This name is one of those that was used in countless teen movies of the 90's along with Mason and Max, all of which are ugly sounding.
-- Anonymous User  1/15/2008
I like this name very much. I prefer this spelling over Myles, too, but only slightly.
-- Carriebear_Nocare  5/4/2008
This name is alright, but I think the name Miles is a little silly. It reminds me to much of measurement. Maybe somewhere with Kilometers, but not here.
-- Wilted  8/2/2008
In the Sonic games Tails' real name is Miles "Tails" Prower.
-- weaponmaster357  10/14/2008
Miles Murphy (born 1992), son of actor Eddie Murphy.
-- CarolinW  2/3/2009
My friend just named her little boy, Miles. I think it's a cute name for a baby boy. The name ages well too. The name is suitable for a child and a grown individual.
-- Coffeebean  2/12/2009
As my username suggests, my first name is Miles, and I like it because it has a sort of timeless feel to it, something modern, yet starting back so old. I had no idea what it meant, and it just makes me like bearing it all the more! And it's not necessarily a downside that it is a unit of measurement, I like the nickname "Meters".
-- Miles_Stu  3/19/2009
Miles Straume, a character from the TV show LOST who can 'communicate' with spirits to 'read their minds' and find out how they died, etc.
-- Ayla  6/21/2009
Very nice, smart-sounding masculine name. Though I know a girl named Miles and it just sounds awful for a feminine name. It exudes masculinity.
-- slyboots  11/15/2009
I actually love this name! It is very cool.
-- Alora  1/18/2010
Miles Edgeworth is a character in the Ace Attorney series.
-- Nisha  4/14/2010
It's such a cool name. Cute on a boy but also respectable on a grown man. I like it a lot. :)
-- Chrila96  12/7/2010
Miles Coverdale is the name of the narrator in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1852 novel The Blithedale Romance.
-- kkgnoise  1/14/2011
Miles Morales is the name of the new ultimate Spider-Man in Marvel's Spider-man series.
-- Evantastic  8/3/2011

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