Giles (given name)

Giles or Gyles is a masculine given name.

Giles
PronunciationFrench: [ʒil]
Gendermasculine
Origin
Word/nameFrench form of Aegidius
Region of originmedieval France
Other names
Related namesGilles, Égide

Giles (/lz/) is the Medieval English form of the name of the French hermit Saint Giles,[1] which itself is the Old French form of the Latin name Aegidius. The modern French forms are Gilles and the less common Égide.

Notable people with this given name

Giles
Gilles
Gyles

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. "qui avoit nom Giles de nos avons ceste vile conquise par la dieu Landas, et fu feruz par mi l'ueil.."
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