Giles

Where Giles comes from

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”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Giles
  • Ancient Greek
  • 1 syllable
Giles through the years
  1. 1880
    Giles Gilbert Scott born
    English architect
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #403 among boys, with 18 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1881
    Peak, #360
    21 babies named Giles, its best rank.
  4. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #841.
  5. 1988
    Giles Barnes born
    English-Jamaican footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Giles Barnes · English-Jamaican footballer, born 1988
  • Giles Gilbert Scott · English architect, 1880–1960
  • Giles Scott · British sailor, born 1987
  • Giles Martin · English record producer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist, born 1969
  • Giles Milton · British writer and historian, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.