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[Opinions] Giles
by New_Chloe
6/21/2011, 5:07 PM
I'm in mad love with Giles right now. I love that it is so studious, rather rare, has a tie to the ancient world, and a fun meaning to boot ("young goat").What do you think of Giles, and how would you combo it? I'm liking Giles Ferdinand - so brazenly nerdy, it's gutsy.
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- Bear   +1
6/22/2011, 5:26 PM
Ah, Giles. So tweedy and Sherlock Holmes-y. Love it. And goats too. Giles Ferdinand is dandy. Others you might like:Giles Everard
Giles Mycroft (Sherlock's elder brother who hangs out in the Diogenes Club)
Giles Pancras
Giles Pellinore
Giles Peredur
Giles Peregrine
Giles Percival
Giles Aubrey (can't you just feel the velvet on that smoking jacket?)
Giles Hector
Giles Absalom
Giles Evaristus
Giles Bartholomew (because someone has to)
Giles Arthur
Giles Malcolm
Giles Alban / Albion
Giles Nicodemus
Giles Evander
Giles Hilaire (oh, excuse me, "zheel" -- he's so touchy)
Giles Bedivere
Giles Cedric
Giles Isambard
Giles Wilmot
Giles Rupert

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- New_Chloe
6/23/2011, 7:03 AM
Thank you Bear! I am in love with:Giles Mycroft - anyone in the diogenes club is ok by me!
Giles Hector
Giles Bartholomew - I'll do it!
Giles Arthur
Giles Malcolm
Giles Evander - love the Classical feel to this
Giles Cedric
Giles Wilmot - The king of adorable fustiness!
Giles Rupert
Giles Wystan
Giles Roderick

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- Mareasi (Free_Spirited_Girly)
6/22/2011, 10:32 AM
At first I thought nah it makes me think of a male hairdresser (the only Giles I know is a male hairdresser - straight btw) but actually when i think about it, it falls into the same category as Gideon for me, which i'm quite fond of so maybe Giles will grow on meFerdinand makes Giles cooler, more stylish
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- New_Chloe   +1
6/22/2011, 8:45 AM
*claps with glee*Giles Crispian Piers - so grand, and Piers would sort of be an hommage to my great-grandfather, Pierre. Actually, Giles Crispin Pierre has a nice ring to it, no?
Giles Franklin - ohh another lovely green-in-green combo
Giles Geoffrey - I love the alliteration, and my brother's name is Jeffrey :)
Giles Lawrence - ever so regal
Giles Malcolm - Handsome town! So stoic.
Giles Ode Nestor - Giles Otto Nestor is more my style, but your combo has better flow... hmm
Giles Sherlock - Sherlock Giles sounds nicer, but Sherlock would be the coolest middle name ever...
Giles Webster - so nice, so smart
Giles Wendelin Knut - what! Yes!Thank you!
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- Edina (bathos)
6/23/2011, 9:36 PM
Your welcome! Thanks for complimenting my combos.
Giles Crispin Pierre does have a nice ring to it; I like it better than Giles Crispian Piers.
And Giles always seemed like a reddish color to me, but really any earthy color works.
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- kudriashkajo (jodirae)
6/21/2011, 6:39 PM
I used to think Giles was too stuffy, but now I know a Giles who is fun-loving and adventurous and it has changed Giles for me. Still the charm of moderate nerdhood, but paired with a real-life great guy. Giles Ferdinand is brazenly nerdy indeed. The Giles I know is Giles Everett. Which I would guess is a 4 year old, but he's actually 29. I think those parents were gutsy and I love it!
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- Alcyone
6/21/2011, 6:05 PM
I like it. It's classy and playful all at once. It sounds like the name of a well-traveled gent. Giles Ferdinand has an excellent flow. I'd probably go with Giles Alaric or Giles Theodore.
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- Bear
6/22/2011, 5:29 PM
Why did I bother? I should have seen your name and known you'd come up with magical combos. Giles Tancred and Giles Leopold are my favs.
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- Edina (bathos)
6/22/2011, 8:06 AM
There are a lot of golden ones here. I think my favorites are Giles Ahab, Giles Ambrose, Giles Arthur, Giles Benoit, Giles Horatio and Giles Verne (yeah I know, that's pretty indecisive. And I feel like the rest are now left unloved).
Please let Giles Verne be a homage to Jules Verne. :P
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- New_Chloe
6/21/2011, 6:19 PM
treasures, treasures!Giles Arthur - oh, the dusty soul of kindness
Giles Barnaby - so pastoral, the village lawyer
Giles Francis - I thought of this one too. It is so genteel. I am having reservations about using Francis; like I would be overstepping boundaries if I did. I'll be making a post about that soon, I'd be interested in hearing opinions on it.
Giles Frederick - one of the other things I enjoy about Giles is how green it is. Frederick is also a "green" name to me, so these go together like two peas in a pod - literally
Giles Godfrey
Giles Homer - you're appealing to my Classicist's heart here
Giles Horatio - and again here, plus the connection to Horace, my tragic great-grandfather
Giles Irving - so sage and authoritative!
Giles Ludwig
Giles Norman
Giles Rupert - Ah, Rupert Giles :) He was my favourite on Buffy, too! I had a bit of a crush on him.
Giles Tristram
Giles Vernon - an incarnation of Jules Verne, mayhaps?Thank you, as always :)
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- Orsino (bananarama)
6/21/2011, 5:17 PM
I usually associate it with Giles Corey, one of the characters from The Crucible. Not a bad association, though. Giles is a nice name.
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- Dracotorix
6/21/2011, 5:10 PM
Hehe, I have to like Giles Ferdinand. I pretty much agree with your description: studious, rare, ancient world, and 'young goat'. I wouldn't use it, but it's neat. It makes me think of "Farmer Giles of Ham" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer_Giles_of_Ham
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