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View Name: Giles


GILES
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: JIELZ, JIE-əlz   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which is derived from Greek αιγιδιον (aigidion) meaning "young goat". Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker who came to southern France from Greece. He is regarded as the patron saint of the crippled. In Old French the name Aegidius became Gidie and then Gilles, at which point it was imported to England.
Related Names
VARIANT: Gyles
OTHER LANGUAGES: Gillis (Dutch), Gilles (French), Egidio (Italian), Aegidius (Late Roman), Gidie (Medieval French), Egídio, Gil (Portuguese), Gil (Spanish)
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