The first name Miles most likely goes back to the Latin expression of the same name. The Latin word ‘miles’ means ‘soldier’.
Miles is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The first name Miles is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #88 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Miles, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 96,796 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Miles. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The first name Miles most likely goes back to the Latin expression of the same name. The Latin word ‘miles’ means ‘soldier’.
Did you know... that the Latin term miles is the root of the word military.
Miles Davis (1926 - 1991)
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century as well as a leading figure of jazz. In his five-decade long career he experimented with new styles and musical forms and pioneered the genre of cool jazz. In retrospect, he ranks as among the greatest musicians of all time.
Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803 - 1889)
The English botanist and clergyman Miles Joseph Berkeley conducted significant research on the relationships between different species of fungi. He was an accomplished mycologist, as he published numerous papers and books on the subject such as the 'Outlines of British Fungology'. He is considered as one of the founders of the science of plant pathology. Although he is not as well known outside of science today, his contributions continue to be recognized and respected by researchers around the world.
Miles Austin (*1984)
Miles Jonathon Austin III is the wide receivers coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played for 10 seasons as wide receiver, primarly for the Dallas Cowboys. Playing for the Cowboys he became known for his his speed and playmaking ability. Before retiring from football, he amassed over 5,000 receiving yards and 37 touchdown receptions, and he remains one of the most productive receivers in Dallas Cowboys history.
Miles Teller (*1987)
The American actor Miles Alexander Teller made his film debut with the independent drama 'Rabbit Hole' in 2010. He received wider recognition for his role as Sutter Keely in the 2013 coming-of-age film 'The Spectacular Now' as well as Peter Hayes in the 'Divergent' film trilogy (2014
When you hear the name Miles, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Miles? Are you also called Miles? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
you can find seven places called Miles, two places called Miles City and one which is called Miles Township.
in Talbot County, Maryland is called the Miles River. The 12.9-mile-long tributary of the Eastern Bay is part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
you can find Miles Glacier. It flows 30 miles to its terminus at eponymous Miles Lake, which is located 33 miles north of Katalla.
in the Coronation Gulf is named the Miles Islands. It is situated south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut in Canada.
Fort Miles was a United States Army World War II installation near Lewes, Delaware. It was named for Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles.
If we dig really deep into our statistics, we find that there are very few boys' names that have been consistently popular for so long that they have been given to newborns in every single year since the beginning of our records in 1880. In fact, there are only 442 boys' names that appear in our statistics in every single year, and Miles is one of those very special classics. At the same time, Miles has never been more popular than it is in this century - in 2021 the name even made it to rank #56 of the most popular boys' names, easily landing in the top 100 of our SmartGenius first name statistics.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Miles was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
...because: In 2022, 5,559 boys were born and given the name Miles by their parents. That puts Miles at #57 on our list of most popular boys' names. It was much less popular in 1976 - only 201 parents chose this name for their newborn son and it ranked 532 on the popularity scale of all boys' names.
The name Miles may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Miles is apparently especially popular in Utah. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 669 men in Utah is called Miles. In total, that’s 2,036 people who feel addressed when the name Miles is shouted loudly across Utah and who ensure that their name makes it to #166 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Miles as the answer a total of 96,796 times. This places Miles at #290 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Miles as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names – 6.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J and A.
With five letters, the name Miles is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.2% of all boys' names that begin with an M, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which boys’ name with M is the most common... the answer is Michael.
If your name is Miles and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Miles, you can simply say:
Mouse
Igloo
Lion
Elephant
Sun
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Miles
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Miles sounds like this:
