Miles Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Miles

Miles Name Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: my-uhls
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Miles Name Meaning

A name that gives us miles of smiles, Miles is a Latin name meaning “soldier.” He’s a timeless classic yet has never reached the point of overuse, rising steadily in popularity over the years. Parents love his simple but polished styling, retaining a regal air to him while remaining accessible.

Miles is a mature name, but a little boy can hold the name easily. He can also be softened with the adorable nickname Milo if you choose. He isn’t a limited name either, working well in both formal and informal settings, never feeling too cutesy or childish.

His recent rise in popularity can be attributed to several things including comic books, as he appears as Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe. He is also a beloved Star Trek character, Miles O’Brien. Miles Davis has also had a significant influence on the name, giving it soulful jazz vibes you can’t help but love. Of course, his appearance as a celebrity baby name hasn’t hurt his popularity either, with Eddie Murphy, John Cusack, and John Legend all welcoming little Miles into their families.

Miles can also be spelled as Myles, though the traditional spelling is more common. Similar names include Niles and Micah.

Miles Name Popularity

How popular is the name Miles? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	16	0.0045%
1911	—	23	0.0062%
1912	—	37	0.0073%
1913	—	63	0.0111%
1914	—	82	0.0118%
1915	—	140	0.0154%
1916	—	157	0.0163%
1917	—	176	0.0176%
1918	—	198	0.0184%
1919	—	198	0.0189%
1920	—	176	0.0158%
1921	—	185	0.0162%
1922	—	249	0.0224%
1923	—	183	0.0163%
1924	—	187	0.0161%
1925	—	194	0.0172%
1926	—	183	0.0166%
1927	—	159	0.0144%
1928	—	163	0.0152%
1929	—	134	0.0129%
1930	—	88	0.0084%
1931	—	128	0.013%
1932	—	150	0.0152%
1933	—	93	0.01%
1934	—	85	0.0088%
1935	—	103	0.0106%
1936	—	116	0.012%
1937	—	104	0.0106%
1938	—	101	0.0099%
1939	—	100	0.0098%
1940	—	83	0.0078%
1941	—	111	0.0099%
1942	—	114	0.009%
1943	—	79	0.0061%
1944	—	93	0.0075%
1945	—	105	0.0086%
1946	—	131	0.0089%
1947	—	225	0.0135%
1948	—	217	0.0136%
1949	—	233	0.0145%
1950	—	285	0.0177%
1951	—	254	0.015%
1952	—	247	0.0142%
1953	—	241	0.0136%
1954	—	302	0.0165%
1955	—	258	0.014%
1956	—	270	0.0143%
1957	—	267	0.0139%
1958	—	269	0.0142%
1959	—	255	0.0134%
1960	—	278	0.0147%
1961	—	273	0.0145%
1962	—	337	0.0184%
1963	—	285	0.0159%
1964	—	261	0.0148%
1965	—	252	0.0154%
1966	—	149	0.0095%
1967	—	132	0.0087%
1968	—	142	0.0095%
1969	—	153	0.0099%
1970	—	167	0.0105%
1971	—	115	0.0077%
1972	—	148	0.0109%
1973	—	156	0.012%
1974	—	140	0.0108%
1975	—	150	0.0117%
1976	—	135	0.0105%
1977	—	159	0.0118%
1978	—	163	0.0121%
1979	—	241	0.0171%
1980	—	228	0.0156%
1981	—	233	0.0159%
1982	—	358	0.024%
1983	—	299	0.0203%
1984	—	364	0.0245%
1985	—	400	0.0264%
1986	—	744	0.0493%
1987	—	812	0.0532%
1988	—	866	0.0556%
1989	—	940	0.0583%
1990	—	968	0.0584%
1991	—	952	0.0584%
1992	—	988	0.0619%
1993	—	1,049	0.0673%
1994	—	916	0.0597%
1995	—	755	0.0501%
1996	—	805	0.0538%
1997	—	916	0.0619%
1998	—	1,163	0.0777%
1999	—	1,030	0.0688%
2000	—	1,283	0.084%
2001	—	1,364	0.0905%
2002	—	1,404	0.0937%
2003	—	1,494	0.0982%
2004	—	1,569	0.1029%
2005	—	1,742	0.1139%
2006	—	1,930	0.1233%
2007	—	2,118	0.1342%
2008	—	2,354	0.1523%
2009	—	2,395	0.1602%
2010	—	2,864	0.1987%
2011	—	3,353	0.2353%
2012	—	3,258	0.2286%
2013	—	3,413	0.2397%
2014	—	3,680	0.2526%
2015	—	3,731	0.2564%
2016	—	3,717	0.2578%
2017	—	3,593	0.2574%
2018	—	3,964	0.2885%
2019	—	4,828	0.3566%
2020	—	5,105	0.4011%
2021	—	5,694	0.4658%
2022	—	5,382	0.408%
2023	—	6,581	0.5085%

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Names Like Miles

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What names are variants of Miles?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Miles.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Milan	Eager, laborious or rival; a coming together	Slavic
Milo	Soldier	German
Myles	Soldier	Latin
Mylo

What names sound like Miles?

If you like how Miles sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Miles.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Milesio	Careful, attentive	Spanish
Mills		English

Lists With Miles

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Siblings of Miles

Mamas with kids named Miles also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Graham	Gravelled homestead	English
Joseph	Jehovah will increase	Hebrew
Julianna	Youthful and downy	Latin
Lucy	Of the light	English
Ophelia	Help	Greek
Kani

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30 Comments

Brittney Jul 30 at 2:10 pm

Miles because my husband and I are avid cyclists

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Takearia Jul 24 at 7:27 am

Our family name

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Gabriella Jun 19 at 3:04 pm

My husband chose the name Miles. He’s always liked the name and I do too. Miles Davis was his inspiration and I have noticed the name Miles is popular in 2024. If you do name your boy Miles, be prepared for people to jokingly call him “Kilometers”. Miles is a strong name and will age well.

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Katie Jan 28 at 8:41 am

Good name for all ages

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Mikaela Jul 26 at 11:39 am

It is a name that was on my and my husband’s baby name list from the time we started discussing having kids. We decided on Miles because we love it with his middle name. And also because the meaning of the name Miles is “gift from God” – after trying for several months, getting pregnant, miscarrying, trying for another year, and finally getting pregnant with Miles after fertility treatment, Miles really is a gift from God! He is such a heavenly baby with a strong spirit. He’s a happy baby & a joy!

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Rachel Jul 12 at 11:18 am

We picked Miles as our son’s name because of the Into the Spiderverse character Miles Morales. It was suggested to us by our 8 year old nephew, who loves the movie. It fit perfectly because my husband has always loved that character and coincidentally had taken our nephew to see the movie in theaters. Also, the character is Afro-Latino, and so is our son.

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Annessa Apr 4 at 1:25 pm

Before we got pregnant we were praying about a word for the year and my husband got the word servant/service. We spent the year researching what being a servant means and looking for ways to serve those around us. When we got pregnant sign our first babe and found out it was a boy we started looking at names. We quickly realized we don’t like many boy names haha. We eventually found the name Miles and both liked it. We wanted to know what it meant and as soon as we saw that it meant servant we knew that was his name.

Miles means – servant, merciful, and soldier. Our prayer is that our sweet babe will be a servant, that he will be humble and with love serve those around him. We pray he will be merciful, extending compassion and kindness. We pray he will be a soldier, a little warrior who sees those others dismiss and fights for the vulnerable and weak.

Elliot means – the Lord is my God. We pray our sweet son will know the Lord intimately as his personal father and God.

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Kati Mar 31 at 5:23 pm

My husband and I were looking for a name that wasn’t generic but not too crazy and we thought Miles was just perfect

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Ashley Feb 26 at 2:27 pm

It felt soft and loving for our first baby boy.

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Mama Sep 26 at 10:36 pm

We are Catholic and chose Miles because they have a history of usage in Ireland as an anglicization of the old Irish name Maolmhuire, which means “servant of the Virgin Mary.

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Jennifer Sep 8 at 10:06 am

I’d come miles with IVF to get here. The donor is many miles away and there’s a family friend named Miles.

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Jaala Jun 22 at 12:03 pm

My husband and I both resonated with this name almost immediately — I think it sounds very gentle, but it means soldier, and I like the combination of strength wrapped in gentleness.

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Lindsey Oct 14 at 11:40 am

After much debate for boy’s names, we chose the name Miles because it had been appearing several times throughout our pregnancy and we couldn’t agree fully on another name.
My husband also loved this name because of Miles Morales, a SpiderMan character.

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Lindsey Oct 14 at 11:38 am

After much debate for boy’s names, we chose the name Miles because it had been appearing several times throughout our pregnancy and we couldn’t agree fully on another name.

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Amy Jun 4 at 10:50 am

I chose miles because to me its a strong name

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Ashley May 29 at 2:47 pm

My husband suggested it and it grew on me. I’m huge on meanings of names and the pairing of Miles which means Merciful Soldier with William (Resolute Protection) made my eyes pop open! Our Miles is almost 6 and he’s exactly the smiley little guy I imagined a Miles would be. I always get compliments on his name.

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Megan May 16 at 10:48 am

My husband and I wanted a short and sweet name, and we loved how much personality was packed into it.

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Alexxa Feb 26 at 11:22 am

We chose the name miles because he was such a calm quiet peaceful baby. We had a hard time making him cry. When we looked up names with this meaning we found milo and the English version is Miles so we went with it.

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Heather Feb 6 at 3:06 pm

It’s a cute name

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OJEDEJI BENJAMIN ABIOLA Dec 23 at 1:01 am

Miles is the best baby name a family must have among their children. I love music and I have love the name even before I gave birth to my son ‘MILES’. I first heard it from a character named Miles in a movie ‘I’m in love with a church girl’

Miles is a strong name but easy to pronouns

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Shalema Dec 12 at 9:21 am

My cousin sent me a list of boy names that he was considering for his own son but after his 3rd girl he retired all of his boy names (lol) and Miles stood out to me the most. It was most important to me that my son had a name that was easy to spell after years if people spelling and pronouncing my name wrong I couldn’t bear have my son suffer the same – (though I love my own name)! despite my best efforts , a day after he was born the nurse asked me if it was spelled with a “Y”as in Myles so I guess the legacy of having to spell his name will continue. I also liked how it sounds like a cute baby name but appropriate name for an adult, a name that he can grow into and make his own. We also wanted an M name because my husbands nephews all have M names and we wanted our son, the youngest, to be a part of that tradition. It is the perfect name for him! Since we named him that I’ve met 4 other babies born around the same time named Miles and so many characters on TV now named Miles so it’s also the perfect name for lots of people lol!

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Julianna Sep 4 at 1:20 pm

Miles Sebastian comes from Miles Davis, and our love of music. We just liked the name Sebastian, although it did take us FOREVER to find it. His nicknames is Bash.

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Jamie Aug 19 at 12:27 pm

His dad came up with the first name I came up with the middle name and last name

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Trunita Barber Aug 16 at 9:40 am

I chose the name Miles because it means unstoppable Force. If you look up the name Miles Davis. You will see why I chose his name.

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Kati Jun 29 at 5:23 pm

It’s literal meaning in distance gives reference to the endurance and adventure-seeking nature that we hope to pass down to him.

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Jamie Etheridge Jun 24 at 12:50 pm

My boyfriend came up with the name

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Dana Apr 22 at 8:34 pm

Before we got pregnant, we had a different name picked out. When we got pregnant, we decided we couldn’t name him our choice b/c that name was for our imaginary baby Haha! So we decided to look at a baby naming site and Miles happened to be on a list and both my husband and I fell in love! Miles is the perfect name for our chill little guy!

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Clare Apr 13 at 3:56 pm

My husband picked it from star trek
We love it! It’s not too popular but not uncommon. It makes you smile when you say it!

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Katharine Apr 13 at 12:41 pm

I like older, less common names.

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Dave Apr 10 at 2:04 pm

When we set out to pick baby names we follow a few criteria. First we didn’t like names to be in the “Top 100” as well as a more personal rule that we just don’t want to know anyone that already has that name. Miles fit the bill with both of those, while being popular but not too popular and we didn’t have any friends or friends’ children named Miles.

That and we love music, so Miles Davis was an inspiration. The first song our Miles heard on the way home from the hospital was Shhh…It’s Peaceful from In A Silent Way by Miles Davis.

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