Miles
A name of uncertain root, long linked by popular belief, though not by real etymology, to the Latin word for "soldier."
Meaning and origin
Miles reached English through the Normans, who carried a Germanic name, Milo, across the Channel after 1066 and respelled it as Miles once it settled among the English aristocracy.
How to pronounce Miles
| English (US) | MYLZ /maɪlz/ |
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