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What does Giles mean?
Giles 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced jiles. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Giles is "young goat". From Aigidios (derived from aigidion) via Latin Aegidius and French Gides. The name refers to the goat-skin that ancient shields were made of. Saint Giles (eighth century) was a Greek hermit from Athens who fled to Provence because of his publicity in healing the lame and crippled.
STARTS WITH Gi-
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, ancient (old), shields (defender), saint, hermit (monk), healing (life)
Variations
VARIANTS Egide, Egidio, Egidius, Gide, Gil, Gilles, Gillis, Gilliss, Gyles, Jiles, Jyles
SEE ALSO Aegeus
FEMININE FORMS Egidia, Gilette
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Gales, ..
(female) Gine, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Giles Angus (G.A.), ..
How popular is Giles?
Giles is an unusual given name for men but a very prominent surname for all people (#805 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Giles entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its apex position of #469 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Gil, Gillis and Jiles are the prominent related forms of Giles. These forms of Giles were favored as baby names 138 years ago (USAGE OF 0.01%).
Similar Names
Giles▼ is alike in pronunciation to Ghilles and Jules▼. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Aimes, Arles, Gaile, Gaines, Gale▼, Galen▼, Gibbes, Gibbs, Gilad, Gilam, Gilbey, Gilby, Gildo, Gilead, Gilean, Gili, Gill, Gillen, Gilley, Gillies, Gilmer, Gilon, Glen▼, Miles▲, Myles▲, Niles, Nyles, Ries, Rives, Stiles, Wilkes and Willes. These names tend to be more commonly used than Giles.
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