{"id":6290,"date":"2011-08-01T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2011\/08\/01\/baby-name-to-consider-miller\/"},"modified":"2011-08-01T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:34:00","slug":"baby-name-to-consider-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2011\/08\/01\/baby-name-to-consider-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Name to Consider: Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"

J. writes:
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We are considering the name Miller for our first son. I’d like to get some reactions to the name. Is Miller “trying too hard” or too last name-y? It has no family connection, we just like it. The lack of a nickname is the biggest downside.<\/p>\n

I checked and it’s just a few spots away from the top 1,000 last year. Maybe next year it will break through?<\/p>\n

I wish I had a list of other finalists, but we are both extremely picky. We’ve both read the entire Baby Name Wizard for goodness sake!<\/p>\n

Baby isn’t coming til November, so we aren’t in a hurry but I’m eager to get reactions to Miller in case they are negative and we need to go back to square one.<\/p>\n

Last name is two syllables and ends in “man” which rules out a ton of cute names because they sound super rhyme-y.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I remember the first time I encountered the name Miller: it was when Stella McCartney<\/a> had her first son in 2005. I had an immediate positive reaction to the name, and I wonder why it isn’t being used more. It seems like a great fit with current styles.<\/p>\n

For me, the one downside is the beer brand—but it doesn’t factor into it enough to rule it out: when I hear the name, the first association is with a strong friendly man milling grain.<\/p>\n

So let’s find out what we as a group think of it: I’ll put a poll over to the right. [Poll closed; see results below.]<\/p>\n

Poll results for “What do you think of the name Miller?” (403 votes total):<\/p>\n

I love it! I’d use it! – 58 votes (14%)
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I like it! I’d consider it! – 92 votes (23%)
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I like it for someone else’s child – 144 votes (36%)
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No particular opinion – 24 votes (6%)
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Slight dislike – 66 votes (16%)
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Strong dislike – 19 votes (5%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J. writes: We are considering the name Miller for our first son. I’d like to get some reactions to the name. Is Miller “trying too hard” or too last name-y? It has no family connection, we just like it. The lack of a nickname is the biggest downside. I checked and it’s just a few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-to-consider"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-1Ds","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}