i like miles, but prefer it spelled myles. my fiancee and i are actually considering this name for our little one due in august. we just don't know what we're having yet.
Really? What about Annie for Anne, or Johnny for John? And lots of diminutives have the same number of syllables as the originals (Katie/Kathryn, Mary/Molly, Eddie/Edward, etc.).
It's actually standard practice in Spanish, where the -ita or -ito makes it diminutive. So, for example, Anita is "little Ana" — essentially a Spaniard's version of Annie.
I love the name Miles. It's my son's name. Milo is so-so. And, although Myles is a legitimate spelling, I have issues with all the excessive y's that are inserting themselves into so many names lately.
I like Miles alright. However I'll always associate the name Milo to a cat and Rat. The cat thing cus of The Adventures of Milo and Otis and the rat thing cus I named my rat Milo.
Miles is kind of neat, but the only Milo I know is an 18 hand tall horse. (For the non-horse people here, that's 6 feet tall at the top of his shoulder.) I have a hard time picturing that name on a kid.
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Date: 2009-02-26 10:41 pm (UTC)But hate Milo.
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Date: 2009-02-26 11:09 pm (UTC)My grandma is backwards. her name is annie grace but people call her anne. :)
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