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Giles
Say it: JYLZ
Meaning
From Latin Aegidius, from Greek aigidion 'young goat'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in medieval England through Saint Giles, patron of the disabled.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 4,659 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 4,800 boys
- 18 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Gyles, Aegidius
| Latin | Aegidius |
|---|---|
| French | Gilles |
| Italian | Egidio |
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.