Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Miley
/MY · lee/
Meaning
“American coinage”
American coinage, popularized by the singer Miley Cyrus whose birth name is Destiny Hope; the name has grown beyond its celebrity origin.
Nicknames
mil
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Strongly celebrity-associated; may date to the 2000s-2010s but is diversifying beyond one reference point.
The cultural moment.
Rose sharply in the US and UK from 2006 onward following the singer's fame; now in wider use.