Giles

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Giles is a masculine given name of medieval origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Giles canonical 16
Giles the Hermit 1
Gyles 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
associatedWith Saint Giles NERFINISHED
category English masculine given names
French masculine given names
medieval given names
commonIn England NERFINISHED
other English-speaking countries
etymology derived from Latin Aegidius NERFINISHED
from Greek name Aegidios
gender masculine
hasVariant Gilles NERFINISHED
Gyles NERFINISHED
Égide NERFINISHED
linguisticOrigin Greek
Latin NERFINISHED
meaning kid
shield-bearer
young goat
nameDayAssociatedWith feast of Saint Giles
originPeriod medieval
popularityTrend more common in the Middle Ages than in modern times
script Latin alphabet
shortFormOf Aegidius NERFINISHED
usage English
French
medieval Latin
variantOf Gilles NERFINISHED
Égide NERFINISHED

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giles Hopkins givenName Giles
Latin Aegidius shortForm Giles
Latin Aegidius hasVariant Giles
Gilles isVariantOf Giles
Gilles hasSpellingVariant Giles
Giles Wilson givenName Giles
Freekey Zekey familyName Giles
Giles S. Rich givenName Giles
Aegidius hasName Giles
Saint Gilles hasName Giles
subject surface form: Saint Giles
this entity surface form: Giles the Hermit
Giles Eyre givenName Giles
Gyles Brandreth givenName Giles
this entity surface form: Gyles
Giles Martin givenName Giles