Giles

See also: giles

English

Etymology

Medieval English form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French saints' name Giles, modern Gilles, an altered form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Aegidius, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Αἰγίδιος (Aigídios), derivative of αἰγίδιον (aigídion, “kid, young goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒaɪlz/
• Rhymes: -aɪlz

Proper noun

Giles

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name

Derived terms

• Giles County

Related terms

• Aegidius
• Gillard

Translations

male given name

• Bengali: গাইলস (gailoś)
• Catalan: Egidi, Gil (ca)
• Czech: Jiljí (cs)
• Dutch: Aegidius
• Esperanto: Egidio
• French: Égide, Gilles (fr)
• Galician: Exidio (gl)
• German: Ägidius
• Greek: Αιγιδιός (Aigidiós)
• Hungarian: Egyed (hu)
• Italian: Egidio (it)
• Latin: Aegidius
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: Egidijus
• Occitan: Gèli
• Polish: Idzi (pl)
• Portuguese: Egídio
• Romanian: Egidiu
• Russian: Эгидий (Egidij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Егидије

  Roman: Egidije

• Slovene: Egidij
• Spanish: Egidio (es)
• Swedish: Egidius, Gillis

References

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

Anagrams

• Eglis, Geils, Legis., Selig, gilse, gisle, gleis