Miles
m.
Latin miles 'soldier, knight'.
Often confused with Milo.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Myles LIWill-III p. 87,
Mylis ibid. p. 22,
Mylys ibid. p. 20;
1540 Miles StAnthonlin p. 1;
1541 Miles ibid. p. 3;
1543 Miles ibid. p. 4;
1549 Miles ibid. p. 7;
1574 Myles Bar-in-El p. 23;
1578 Myles CAmar-vol1 p. 3;
1589 Miles SaxhamSf p. 4,
StAnthonlin p. 33;
1590 Myles DEmar-vol2 p. 20;
1592 Miles SaxhamSf p. 4;
1597 Miles ibid. p. 5
- France
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- Latin
- ◑ 1378 Mileti (gen) hanquetvol1 225,
Milletus (nom) ibid. 939
- Old French
- ● 1301 Miles (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 238
- ◑ 1313 Milet Paris1313 p. 5
- Middle French
- ◑ 1423 Milet favier 98;
1438 Milet ibid. 49
- Wales
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1583 Miles RegLlantrithyd p. 33
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Miles". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Miles.