Miles (name)
Miles is an English male given name and common family name .
Origin and meaning
The male first name Miles is derived from the Germanic name Milo , the exact meaning of which is unclear, but there is probably a connection with the Latin miles = " soldier ". The family name of the same name is derived from this first name.
Miles is also used as an Anglicised form of the Irish name Maolmhuire ("Servant of Mary").
A variant of both the first and the family name is Myles .
Name bearer
Historic time
- Marcus Flavius Miles , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Miles von Plancy († 1174), French knight, nobleman in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
First name
- Miles C. Allgood (1878–1977), American politician
- Miles Austin (* 1984), American football player
- Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889), British clergyman and botanist
- Miles Brown (* around 2005), American child actor, rapper and dancer
- Miles Coverdale (~ 1488–1569), English Bible translator and bishop
- Miles Crowley (1859–1921), American politician
- Miles Davis (1926–1991), American jazz trumpeter
- Miles T. Granger (1817–1895), American politician
- Miles Heizer (* 1994), American actor
- Miles Malleson (1888–1969), British actor and screenwriter
- Miles Mander (1888-1946), British actor and director
- Miles Millar (* ~ 1967), British screenwriter and film producer
- Miles Okazaki (* 1974), American jazz guitarist and composer
- Miles O'Keeffe (born 1954), American actor
- Miles Osei (* 2002), German basketball player
- Miles Plumlee (* 1988), American basketball player
- Miles Poindexter (1868–1946), American lawyer, diplomat, politician and author
- Miles Ross (1827-1903), American politician
- Miles Scotson (* 1994), Australian cyclist
- Miles Taylor (1805–1873), American politician
- Miles Teller (* 1987), American actor
- Miles Zaharko (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey player
family name
A.
- Aaron Miles (Baseball Player) ( Aaron Wade Miles ; * 1976), American baseball player
- Aaron Miles (basketball player) ( Aaron Marquez Miles * 1983), American basketball player
- Albert Miles , librarian at the St. Gallen Monastery
- Andy Miles (* ≈ 1964), German clarinetist and composer
B.
- Barry Miles (* 1943) British journalist and writer
- Lord Bernard Miles (1907–1991), British actor
- Betty Miles (1910–1992), American actress
- Buddy Miles (1947–2008), American drummer
- Butch Miles (* 1944), American jazz drummer
C.
- CJ Miles (* 1987), American basketball player
- Catharine Cox Miles (1890-1984), American psychologist
- Charlie Creed-Miles (* 1972), English actor, director, screenwriter and film producer
- Christopher Miles (* 1939), British film director, screenwriter and film producer
D.
- Darius Miles (* 1981), American basketball player
- Della Miles , American singer, interpreter and songwriter
- Derek Miles (* 1972), American pole vaulter
- Devin Miles (* 1961), German artist
- Dick Miles (1925-2010), American table tennis player
E.
- Edward L. Miles (1939–2016), American environmental scientist and university professor
- Elaine Miles (* 1960), American actress
- Esme Creed-Miles (* 2000), British actress
- Eustace Miles (1868–1948), British jeu de paume player, non-fiction author and innkeeper
F.
- Frederick Miles (1815-1896), American politician
- Frederick George Miles (1903–1976), British businessman and aircraft designer
- Freya Miles (* 1986), pseudonym of a German author
G
- Garry Miles (born 1939), American singer
- Graham Miles (1941-2014), English snooker player
J
- Jack Miles (politician) (1888-1969) Scottish-Australian politician (CPA)
- Jack Miles (theologian) (* 1942), American theologian and literary scholar
- Jearl Miles Clark (* 1966), American athlete
- Joanna Miles (born 1940), American actress
- Johannes Miles († 1360), Mayor of Hamburg
- John Miles (racing driver) (1943-2018), British racing driver
- John Miles (musician) (born 1949), English musician
- John Miles junior , English guitarist and songwriter
- John E. Miles (1884–1971), American politician
- John W. Miles (1920–2008), American engineer
- Johnny Miles (1905-2003), Canadian marathon runner
- Joshua Weldon Miles (1858–1929), American politician
K
- Keith Miles (born 1940), Welsh writer
- Ken Miles (1918–1966), British racing car driver
- Kersten Miles († 1420), Mayor of Hamburg 1378 to 1420
L.
- Liz Miles (* 1955), American rower
- Lizzie Miles (1895–1963), American singer
- Lynn Miles (* 1958), Canadian musician
M.
- Mark Gerard Miles (* 1967), British priest and diplomat
- Matthias Miles (also: Mulles; 1639–1686), German historian
- Michelle Miles (* 1956), New Zealand hurdler
N
- Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925), American officer
R.
- Ramon Miles (* 1986), Austrian singer & songwriter
- Raymond Miles (1932–2019), American management researcher
- Reid Miles (1927–1993), American graphic designer
- Richard Pius Miles OP (1791-1860), Bishop of Nashville
- Robert Miles (sociologist) (* 1950), British sociologist and political scientist
- Robert Miles (musician) (1969-2017), Italian musician
- Ron Miles (* 1963), American jazz trumpeter
S.
- Sarah Miles (born 1941), British actress
- Sherman Miles (1882–1966), American officer
- Suzanna W. Miles (1922–1966), American anthropologist and archaeologist
- Sylvia Miles (1924–2019), American actress
T
- Tony Miles (Chess Player) ( Anthony John Miles ; 1955-2001), English chess player
- Tony Miles (poker player) (* 1985/1986), American poker player
V
- Vera Miles (* 1929), American actress
W.
- Walter R. Miles (1885–1978), American experimental psychologist
- William Miles († 2013), American documentary filmmaker
- William John Miles (1871-1942), Australian publisher
- William Porcher Miles (1822–1899), American politician and officer
- Wyndham D. Miles (1916–2011), American historian of chemistry and medicine
pseudonym
- Walter Loewenheim (1896–1977), German resistance fighter
Fictional character
- Miles Gloriosus , fictional soldier, type of world literature