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Miles

in the US

There are 66,548 people with the last name "Miles" in the United States.

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Miles 334
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  1. is 330th most common Graves
  2. is 331st most common Lyons
  3. is 332nd most common Fletcher
  4. is 333rd most common Zimmerman
  5. is 334th most common Miles
  6. is 335th most common Joseph
  7. is 336th most common Reeves
  8. is 337th most common Mckinney
  9. is 338th most common Dawson

Similar Names and Nicknames

Myles, Miley, Malek, Milewski, Moles, Miler, Malecki, Malec, Mileski, Maleski

Most Common First Names for Miles

James, John, Robert, David, Michael, William, Mary, Richard, Charles, Thomas

Meaning & History

English (of Norman origin): via Old French from the Germanic personal name Milo, of unknown etymology. The name was introduced to England by the Normans in the form Miles (oblique case Milon). In English documents of the Middle Ages the name sometimes appears in the Latinized form Milo (genitive Milonis), although the normal Middle English form was Mile, so the final -s must usually represent the possessive ending, i.e. ‘son or servant of Mile’.

English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Mihel, an Old French contracted form of Michael.

English: occupational name for a servant or retainer, from Latin miles ‘soldier’, sometimes used as a technical term in this sense in medieval documents.

Irish (County Mayo): when not the same as 1 or 3, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire, Myles being used as the English equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Maol Muire (see Mullery).

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): unexplained.

Dutch: variant of Miels, a variant of Miele 3.

FOREBEARS John Miles or Myles (c.1621– 83), born probably in Herefordshire, England, was a pioneer American Baptist minister who emigrated to New England in 1662 and had a pastorate in Swansea, MA. Many of his descendants spell their name Myles.

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