A name I was surprised by was someone I know naming their daughter Miles/Myles, which is such a male name in my mind. It might even be based on the Latin word for soldier. It's not one I've seen used for a girl anywhere else, yet.

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Terr_ 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Edited slightly for series spoilers:

> "Well, I wish you every joy," Miles went on [...] He managed a wink. "Name the first one after me, eh?"

> [She] grinned. "I'm not sure she'd appreciate that. Milesanna? Milesia?"

> "Milesia sounds like a disease," Miles admitted, taken aback. "In that case, don't. I wouldn't want her to grow up hating me in absentia."

-- Memory (1996) by Lois McMaster Bujold

In the series, Miles having a name meaning "soldier" is, er, persistently thematically significant.

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YeGoblynQueenne 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Wow. Kind of blast from the past. I haven't read that btw, how good is it?

	▲	Terr_ an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I'm obviously a biased source, but I metaphorically keep the Vorkosigan books [0] in a similar place with the (more-famous) Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Both are fun reads to return to which I also find very quotable. (Although one is space-opera and the other is satirical-fantasy.) Interestingly, the first few books are about Miles' parents, but it's neat to see what the most popular character does/doesn't inherit. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorkosigan_Saga