Giles

See also: giles

English

Etymology

Medieval English form of Old French saints' name Giles, modern Gilles, an altered form of Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγίδιος (Aigídios), derivative of αἰγίδιον (aigídion, “kid, young goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɪlz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪlz

Proper noun

Giles

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A ghost town in Wayne County, Utah, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Chalfont St Giles
• Farmer Giles
• Giles County
• Saint Giles Island
• St Giles in the Wood
• St Giles's Hill
• Wade-Giles

Related terms

• Aegidius
• Gillard

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: গাইলস (gailoś)
• Breton: Jili (br) m
• Catalan: Egidi m, Gil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賈爾斯／贾尔斯 (Jiǎ'ěrsī) (transliteration)

• Czech: Jiljí (cs)
• Dutch: Aegidius
• Esperanto: Egidio
• French: Égide m, Gilles (fr) m
• Galician: Exidio (gl)
• German: Ägidius m, Gilgen m
• Greek: Αιγιδιός m (Aigidiós)
• Hungarian: Egyed (hu)
• Italian: Egidio (it) m
• Latin: Aegīdius m
• Lithuanian: Egidijus
• Occitan: Gèli, Geli m
• Polish: Idzi (pl) m
• Portuguese: Egídio m, Gil (pt) m
• Romanian: Egidiu
• Russian: Эгидий m (Egidij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Егидије

  Roman: Egidije

• Slovene: Egidij
• Spanish: Egidio (es) m
• Swedish: Egidius, Gillis

References

• Hanks, Patrick, Hodges, Flavia (2001) “A Concise Dictionary of First Names”, in Oxford University Press

Anagrams

• Eglis, Geils, Legis., Selig, gilse, gisle, gleis, legis.