Does anyone know the origins of the surname Miles?

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Does anyone know the origins of the surname Miles?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Miles
This interesting name is of French origin, introduced into England
by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066 in the form Miles, and
thought to derive from the Germanic personal name "Mild", itself
possibly akin to the Slavic element "mil", mercy. In English
documents of the Middle Ages, the name normally appears in the
Latin form "Milo", but the usual medieval form would have been
"Mile", so we assume that the final "s" must represent the
possessive ending of "son of" or "servant of Mile". As a surname
Miles is ambiguous, as the Latin word for a soldier is "Miles". One
Ralph Miles, a fishmonger of Bridge Ward, founded a charity for his
late Lord Milo, obviously adopting his masters christian name
(Subsidy Rolls of London, 1292).

William Augustus Miles (1753 - 1817) was a notable political writer
who corresponded with Pitt; he suggested a Suez Canal in 1791, and
died in Paris where he was collecting materials for a history of
the French Revolution. William Miles (died 1860) rose to the rank
of Major-General in the Indian army and concluded a treaty with
rajah of Rodanpur in 1820, and the Suigan chiefs in 1826. The first
recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of
Nicholas Miles, which was dated
1177, in the "Pipe Rolls of Sussex", during the reign of
King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.