Giles (given name)
| Giles | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | French: [ʒij] |
| Gender | masculine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French form of Aegidius |
| Region of origin | medieval France |
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Giles is a masculine given name.
Giles [dʒaɪlz] is the Medieval English form of the Old French saints' name Giles,[1] an altered form of Latin Aegidius. The modern French form is Gilles.
Notable people with this given name
- Saint Giles, 7th–8th-century Christian hermit saint
- Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi
- Giles of Rome, 13th-century archbishop
- Gilles Bellemare, Canadian composer and conductor
- Gilles Bensimon, French fashion photographer
- Gilles Binchois, Franco-Flemish composer
- Giles Blunt (born 1952), Canadian novelist and screenwriter
- Gyles Brandreth (born 1948), British author
- Gilles Carle (1929-2009), Canadian filmmaker
- Giles Chichester (born 1946), British Conservative Party politician
- Giles Coren (born 1969), British journalist
- Giles Corey (1621–1692), victim of the Salem witch trials
- Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician
- Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995), French philosopher
- Gilles Duceppe (born 1947), Québécois sovereigntist
- Gilles Fauconnier, French linguist
- Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960), British architect
- Giles Henderson (born 1942), CBE, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
- Gilles Kepel, French scholar
- Giles Kristian (born 1975), British author
- Giles Martin (born 1969), English record producer and songwriter
- Gilles Muller, Luxemburgish tennis player
- Giles Pellerin (1906–1998), American businessman most famous for attending every game of the USC Trojans football team from 1925 until his death
- Gilles Peterson (born c.1964), English DJ and record label owner
- Giles Radice, Baron Radice (born 1936), British politician
- Gilles de Rais, a.k.a. Gilles de Montmorency-Laval, French serial killer
- Giles Scott-Smith, political researcher
- Gilles Simon (born 1984), French tennis player
- Gilles Villeneuve (1950–1982), Canadian racing driver
Fictional characters
- Giles Wemmbley-Hogg of British radio comedy Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off
- Farmer Giles of Ham, title character of the comic fable by J. R. R. Tolkien
See also
- Gyles v Wilcox
- Giles (disambiguation)
- Giles (surname)
- Saint Giles (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with Giles
References
- ↑ "qui avoit nom Giles de nos avons ceste vile conquise par la dieu Landas, et fu feruz par mi l'ueil.."
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