My eldest son’s name is [name_m]Miles[/name_m]. I often wish I would have named him [name_m]Milo[/name_m] instead. His middle name is also [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] and sometimes I wish I would have fought for the first name to be [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] mn [name_m]Miles[/name_m]. Anyone else have name regret?
Well, I don’t see why you can’t call him [name_m]Milo[/name_m]. It seems like a natural nickname for [name_m]Miles[/name_m].
I agree that [name_m]Milo[/name_m] works very well as a nicknames for [name_m]Miles[/name_m].
I love the name [name_m]Miles[/name_m], but I agree with the previous posters that you could certainly use [name_m]Milo[/name_m] as a nickname.
Aww I love [name_m]Miles[/name_m]! I was so disappointed when my husband vetoed it. I not only agree that [name_m]Milo[/name_m] is a perfectly usable nickname for [name_m]Miles[/name_m], but for what it’s worth, I think [name_m]Miles[/name_m] will age a little better than [name_m]Milo[/name_m].
I’m generally very happy with my son’s name, and it suits him so well, but I did have a moment of extreme distress during my current and last pregnancy (with a girl), when I realized I’d never have a baby boy called [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]. I think it’s natural to question our choices, and as the years go by our tastes change more and more, to the point where you might name your child something that wasn’t even on your radar before. Also, there’s nothing to say that if you had opted for [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] as a first name, you wouldn’t currenty be pining for [name_m]Miles[/name_m] as a first name.
Maybe it will help to realize that his name is out of your hands now. It’s your son’s name, to keep or change (legally or otherwise) as he sees fit.
I agree with this completely!
I agree with others you can call your son [name_m]Milo[/name_m]. I think both [name_m]Milo[/name_m] and [name_m]Miles[/name_m] are handsome and for what it’s worth I prefer them to [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]. [name_m]Miles[/name_m] [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] flows very well!
I don’t regret my son’s name, and I’m not sure I ever have fully regretted it. But I have questioned it from time to time. His name ([name_u]Lennon[/name_u]) is more modern and my style is typically very traditional. If it were up to me alone [name_u]Lennon[/name_u] would have stayed a guilty pleasure name. Not because it is bad, just because it doesn’t fit my typical style that I always assumed my kids names would fit into. However, my husband loved it so much more than I loved any name and I did (and do) love it despite its contrast to the other names I love. And I must say it fits him wonderfully. He’s 2.5 and I can’t picture him as any of the other names I thought fit my style better ([name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_m]Franklin[/name_m]). I think I am finally over it but for a long time it felt weird introducing him because it’s a modern and trendy name and I thought it made me seem like a modern, trendy person for choosing it. And I’m the opposite of that. Haha.
I have a son named [name_m]Miles[/name_m] and I’m still not sure how that happened, lol. I’m big on nicknames, it was a major thing for me while searching for “the name”. I guess I must have convinced myself that [name_m]Milo[/name_m] was a cool nickname, but it just doesn’t work. My dh sold [name_m]Miles[/name_m] to me be saying it just sounds like a calm, happy name which obviously (insert sarcasm tone here) that the baby would be calm and content. [name_m]Milo[/name_m] is just as many syllables and sounds spunky and cool - it’s just different. I tried calling [name_m]Miles[/name_m], [name_m]Milo[/name_m] a few times but it just didn’t seem right.
Personally - I think it’s just tough to settle on one name. There are so many names that I love but in the end when it came down to actually using it on the baby, they didn’t fit either. I like his name, I love him and maybe eventually he’ll be a calm and content kid ; )
I agree with everyone else that [name_m]Milo[/name_m] could be a nickname for [name_m]Miles[/name_m]! [name_m]Miles[/name_m] [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] is a lovely name, and if he’s still young enough where it wouldn’t be an issue and your partner agrees you could always try to get it legally changed, although I doubt you’d want to go that far.
I think I had slight name regret when my babies were about three months old. I always wanted one boy and one girl, [name_u]Finn[/name_u] (possibly [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m], nn [name_u]Finn[/name_u]) and [name_f]Alaska[/name_f]. However, DH did not like [name_u]Finn[/name_u] so we ended up with [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_f]Alaska[/name_f]. I love the name [name_u]James[/name_u] and we used [name_u]Finn[/name_u] for a middle name, but for a while I kept thinking that I would never have a baby [name_u]Finn[/name_u] when I had dreamed about that name for years and I strongly wished that I had pushed harder for [name_u]Finn[/name_u]. As they get older though I definitely think [name_u]James[/name_u] suits him better, I think the name regret eventually goes away as they grow into their names and I hope that’s the case for you as well 
I love [name_m]Miles[/name_m], however I agree that it sounds a good idea for you to just call your son [name_m]Milo[/name_m]. See if it takes. If he loves it too you can always officially change it in the future.
For what it’s worth I much prefer [name_m]Miles[/name_m] over both [name_m]Milo[/name_m] and [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] as a first and as an adult, i think he would too though thats a hard one to predict. But i also empathise with the turmoil of name regret and you get to a point where really - all rational goes out the window and you just het stuck in the debate inside your head. You have chosen a great name for your son. [name_m]Miles[/name_m] [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]. Try calling him [name_m]Milo[/name_m] out loud for a month as a nn and use it at every possible chance and see if it sticks. It won’t stick if you do it haphazardly or half heartedly, you’ve got to go in all guns blazing. If it sticks, I think your son will like that he can go by [name_m]Milo[/name_m] with his friends but still has the handsome [name_m]Miles[/name_m] to fall back on. [name_m]Miles[/name_m] to me ages much better. GL, hope you can find some peace in your decision.
[name_m]Miles[/name_m] is a wonderful name. One of my favourite novels has a [name_m]Miles[/name_m] as protagonist, and he’s wonderful. I feel like [name_m]Milo[/name_m] and [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] are certainly quite trendy now - but [name_m]Miles[/name_m] is more classic. ([name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] works super well as a middle name too!) [name_m]Miles[/name_m] is more of a classic, sophisticated name that he will likely grow into and I’m sure you’ll find peace with your choice as he ages.
Like other berries said, you can always use [name_m]Milo[/name_m] as a nickname, but I do find it strange when nicknames are longer (in syllables) than the original. I often wonder - what’s the point? That being said - [name_m]Milo[/name_m] is still a sweet name, and if you are determined to use it somehow, as a possible nickname it works.
And yet so many common nicknames have the same number of syllables, or more, than the original name; [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_m]Johnny[/name_m], [name_u]Sammy[/name_u], [name_f]Katie[/name_f]. We sometimes call our son [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] “[name_m]Arturo[/name_m].” A nickname usually acts as a term of endearment, to convey closeness, as opposed to just shortening a name for the sake of convenience. That’s how I explain long nicknames, at least.
I love [name_m]Miles[/name_m]!
I have a [name_u]Finley[/name_u] [name_m]Miles[/name_m]. Sometimes I regret not going with the more “out there” name of [name_m]Phineas[/name_m] [name_m]Miles[/name_m]. OK, by sometimes I mean like 3 times in the past 2 years. I also regret not fighting more for [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]'s name to be [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] [name_u]Grey[/name_u] not [name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]. Then again, I only agree to the name under the rule of NEVER calling him [name_m]Chuck[/name_m]. My husband started it and now all the boys call him that frequently. I don’t know what I would rather have named him, but the whole name annoys me from time to time. It’s one of the reasons I got [name_u]Finley[/name_u] and we did not go with [name_m]Phineas[/name_m]. And probably why I have a chance at pushing [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] through if we have another boy. 