Miles Family History
Miles Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Mile + genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s or from its other Old French form Miles a derivative of ancient Germanic Milo based on the element mil from mel ‘good generous’. The Old French oblique case form was Milon (see Milon ). Compare Millen and Millson . English: variant with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s of Myhill from a vernacular form of the Biblical name Michael . Miles Coverdale the translator of the Bible when in Germany called himself Michael Anglus (‘the Englishman’). Irish (Louth and Kilkenny): when not the same as 1 or 2 it is sometimes an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire see Myles . Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Mile a diminutive of Yerachmiel a variant of Biblical Yerachmel (1 Chronicles ). It is formed with the Yiddish possessive -s. Americanized form of some original Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. German: variant of Miels a patronymic from Miele
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
