Family name origins & meanings
- English : patronymic from the personal name Miles (of Norman origin but uncertain derivation; possibly related to Michael or Latin miles ‘soldier’, or even the Slavic name element mil ‘grace’, ‘favor’), or a metronymic from the female personal name Milla.
- English : metronymic from the old female personal name Milde, Milda, from Old English milde ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.