Miles (given name)


Miles is a male name from the Latin miles, a soldier. The medieval knight was called miles in Medieval Latin, while in Classical Latin, miles meant simply soldier of any sort, including infantry.
Miles Gloriosus, whose name means "boastful soldier", was a comic stock character in classical Roman drama.
Miles has several variant forms, some of which offer their own derivations: Milan, Milo, Milos, Myles and Mylo.
Myles in Ireland may well derive from the Gaelic names Maol Íosa or Maol Mhuire.

People with the name