Miles

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A sturdy name most often linked to a warrior or soldier, with a possible secondary tie to Michael.

Meaning

In the older naming books, Miles is variously explained as 'crusher,' as a possible contraction of Michael, and as coming through forms related to Gaelic milidh, meaning a soldier or champion. The sources are not fully consistent, but the strongest traditional sense is martial: a fighter or warrior. In English usage it also became a familiar given name and surname form.

Origin

Fun fact

One 19th-century source notes that Mil and Milly were pet forms of Miles.

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Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature.

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