Comments for GILES:

Giles Lytton Strachey (March 1, 1880–January 21, 1932) was a British writer and critic and part of the Bloomsbury Group.

-- Anonymous User  12/22/2005

Rupert Giles is a character on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" T.V. show. He's played by Anthony Stewart Head.

-- breakofday  12/22/2005

Professor Tolkien used Giles to name the main character in his story 'Farmer Giles of Ham'. Giles is but the 'vulgar' form of the name; the farmer's full name was Aegidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo.

-- Elfstone  2/3/2006

The name of one of the characters in Thomas Hardy's novel 'The Woodlanders', portrayed in the recent film by Rufus Sewell.

-- Hero  9/30/2006

There is a novelist named Giles Blunt.

-- Anonymous User  11/28/2006

In Polish this name is quite rare, but it does appear - either in a Greek-influenced form of "Egidiusz", or shortened to "Idzi".

-- Corleinne  1/29/2008

Giles Corey was the one guy in the Salem witch trials who wasn't hung. He got squished to death by rocks for not pleading guilty or not guilty.

-- welovejamesarness  9/30/2008

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