Giles (/dʒaɪlz/) is the
Medieval English form of the name of the French hermit Saint Giles,[1]
which itself is the
Old French form of the Latin name
Aegidius. The modern French forms are
Gilles and the less common Égide. Some languages have their own variations of the name, for example
Tilen in
Slovene.
Notable people with the given name
Saint Giles, 7th/8th-century Christian hermit saint
Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi
^"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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