Giles (given name)
| Pronunciation | French: [ʒil] |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French form of Aegidius |
| Region of origin | medieval France |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Égide, Gilles, Jiles, Jyles |
Giles or Gyles is a masculine given name.
Giles (/dʒaɪlz/) 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. Some languages have their own variations of the name, for example Tilen in Slovene.
Notable people with the given name[edit]
- Saint Giles, 7th/8th-century Christian hermit saint
- Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi
- Giles of Rome, 13th-century archbishop
- Giles Blunt (born 1952), Canadian novelist and screenwriter
- Giles Chichester (born 1946), British Conservative Party politician
- Giles Coren (born 1969), British journalist
- Giles Corey (1621–1692), victim of the Salem witch trials
- Giles Fraser (born 1964), English Anglican priest and broadcaster
- Giles Henderson (born 1942), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
- Giles Beecher Jackson (1853–1924), African-American lawyer, newspaper publisher, entrepreneur, and civil rights activist
- Giles Ji Ungpakorn (born 1953), Thai academic and Marxist political activist
- Giles Kristian (born 1975), British author
- Giles Martin (born 1969), English record producer and songwriter
- Giles Pellerin (1906–1998), American businessman most famous for attending every game of the USC Trojans football team from 1925 until his death
- Giles Radice, Baron Radice (1936–2022), British politician
- Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960), British architect
- Giles Scott-Smith, Dutch-British political researcher
- Giles Terera, actor and singer (Hamilton UK)
Fictional characters[edit]
- Farmer Giles of Ham, the title character of the comic fable by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Giles Habibula, a character in the Legion of Space Series by Jack Williamson
- Giles Wemmbley-Hogg of British radio comedy Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off
See also[edit]
- Gyles v Wilcox
- Giles (disambiguation)
- Giles (surname)
- Gilles (given name)
- Saint Giles (disambiguation)
- Gyles, a list of people with the given name or surname
- Tilen, Slovenian version of the name
- Egidio
- All pages beginning with Giles
References[edit]
- ^ "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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