Myles?

[abandoneddream.livejournal.com]

I was delighted to hear that my SIL had just given birth to a son and that she had named him Miles. But, when I got to the hospital, I was surprised to see that she was spelling it Myles.

I don't dig the spelling; but, I think the name is nice enough. What do you think?

Comments

[soleilshine.livejournal.com]

I don't dig the name at all, =(
Although, I absolutely adore the name Kyle... which is kinda close? ;)

Soleil ♥

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I actually like it better. Takes away the association with the unit of measurement.

[ferretiger.livejournal.com]

ditto to the comment above. my dad's best friend is myles.

[abandoneddream.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that Kyle was the inspiration for her spelling. I know that she was strongly considering naming her son Kyle.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I'm not one for alternative spellings, but I really don't mind the Myles spelling. It's actually kind of nice. And at least it's not Muheeylz! Gorgeous name.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

miles is a cool name, although i prefer milo.

but myles? WHY is that necessary? YUCK.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I like it!

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

we agreed! amazing :)

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

LOL Truly!

[soleilshine.livejournal.com]

Kyle would be even better if it wasn't as common as it is, =(

[springtide-hfa.livejournal.com]

"I would walk 500 MILES and I would walk 500 more..." is the first thing that came to mind.

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

Myles is actually a pretty common spelling of Miles. It's not just a part of the 'replace all vowels with a Y!' trend. In fact, I've known multiple guys named Myles, none of which spelled it with an I.

I like it though, and I like it with the NN Milo or in this case, Mylo.

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

2005 rankings

Miles #210
Myles #310

So there is a difference, but I'd consider Myles to be pretty high up there as far as supposwdly 'creative' spellings are concerned.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

i don't love the y, but i do like the name miles. i'd never use it myself, but i think it's an interesting name. :)

[dreemerr.livejournal.com]

i thought miles was a tad odd the first time i ever heard it a few years ago, but the more i heard it the more i liked it. i wouldn't use it, but i like it none the less. the spelling really doesn't bother me any.

[holly-megan.livejournal.com]

I've only ever seen it as MYLES, MILES is a unit of measurement, not a name.

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i love the name miles (yay miles davis!), & the nickname milo is cool. myles is a pretty common spelling of it- i've seen it lots. congratulations on the new baby in the family!

[so-there.livejournal.com]

that's what I was thinking.. that in this case the y is as common (not trendy) as the i.

[evelnnsmom.livejournal.com]

i always thought miles as a person's name was spelled Myles, probably because everyone i've met named that spelled it that way.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I agree with everything you said. Good name, bad spelling.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

As far as "misspellings" go, I don't mind it.

[abandoneddream.livejournal.com]

Hmm.. interesting. I've never encountered a Myles, before now.

[abandoneddream.livejournal.com]

thanks :)