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Giles

/d͡ʒaɪlz/ · name

Meaning

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. A ghost town in Wayne County, Utah, United States.

Etymology / origin

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”).

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