Miles: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “soldier or merciful”
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- MYLZ · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Boys
Usually from the Norman French personal name Miles, from Germanic elements related to 'soldier'; it was also later associated with Latin miles 'soldier'. It is sometimes used as an English form of Milo.
How popular is Miles?
Babies named Miles in 20246,632
2024 rank#37 boys
Peak year2023
Total US babies since 1880117,096
Miles is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Miles
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Miles questions
What does the name Miles mean?
Miles means "soldier or merciful". It comes from Germanic. Usually from the Norman French personal name Miles, from Germanic elements related to 'soldier'; it was also later associated with Latin miles 'soldier'. It is sometimes used as an English form of Milo.
Is Miles a boy or girl name?
Miles is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Miles?
6,632 US babies were named Miles in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.
How do you pronounce Miles?
Miles is usually pronounced MYLZ.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.