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Giles (given name)

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Giles
PronunciationFrench: [ʒil]
Gendermasculine
Origin
Word/nameFrench form of Aegidius
Region of originmedieval France
Other names
Related namesÉgide, Gilles, Jiles, Jyles

Giles or Gyles is a masculine given name.

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. Some languages have their own variations of the name, for example Tilen in Slovene.

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