Giles or Gyles is a masculine given name. Giles () is the

Medieval English Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old Englis ...

form of the name of the French hermit '' Saint Giles'',"qui avoit nom Giles de nos avons ceste vile conquise par la dieu Landas, et fu feruz par mi l'ueil.." which itself is the

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intel ...

form of the Latin name Aegidius. The modern French forms are Gilles and the less common Égide.

Notable people with this given name

;Giles * Saint Giles, 7th/8th-century Christian hermit saint *

Giles of Assisi Giles of Assisi ( la, Aegidius; 1190 – 1262), was one of the original companions of Francis of Assisi and holds a leading place among them. St. Francis called him "The Knight of our Round Table". Life Of Giles' origins and early life nothing c ...

, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi * Giles of Rome, 13th-century archbishop *

Giles Blunt Giles Blunt (born 1952) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and screenwriter. His first novel, ''Cold Eye'', was a psychological thriller set in the New York art world, which was made into the French movie ''Les Couleurs du diable'' (Allain Jessua, 1997 ...

(born 1952), Canadian novelist and screenwriter * Giles Chichester (born 1946), British Conservative Party politician * Giles Coren (born 1969), British journalist * Giles Corey (1621–1692), victim of the Salem witch trials * Giles Fraser (born 1964), English Anglican priest and broadcaster * Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960), British architect * Giles Henderson (born 1942), CBE, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford * Giles Ji Ungpakorn (born 1953), Thai academic and

Marxist Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialecti ...

political activist * Giles Kristian (born 1975), British author * Giles Martin (born 1969), English record producer and songwriter *

Giles Pellerin Giles L. (Bud) Pellerin (December 23, 1906 – November 21, 1998), nicknamed the Superfan or Super Fan, was an American telephone company executive, USC alumnus, and a fan of the University of Southern California Trojans (USC) college football t ...

(1906–1998), American businessman most famous for attending every game of the

USC Trojans football The USC Trojans football program represents University of Southern California in the sport of American football. The Trojans compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Pac-12 ...

team from 1925 until his death * Giles Radice, Baron Radice (born 1936), British politician * Giles Scott-Smith, political researcher *

Giles Terera Giles Terera (born 14 December 1976) is a British actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is best known for his work in the theatre, particularly in the original cast of the London production of the musical ''Hamilton'', as Aaron Burr, for which ...

, actor and singer (Hamilton UK) ;Gilles * Gilles Peterson (born 1964), British musician and disc jockey ;Gyles * Gyles Brandreth (born 1948), English writer *

Gyles Isham Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet (31 October 1903 – 29 January 1976) was an English aristocrat, actor (who appeared in several films in the 1930s) and historian. Life and career Gyles Isham was born 31 October 1903 in Lamport, Northamptonshire, ...

(1903–1976), English actor * Gyles Longley (1918–2015), British officer * Gyles Mackrell (1889–1959), British tea planter *

Henry Gyles Turner Henry Gyles Turner (12 December 1831 – 30 November 1920), commonly referred to as "Gyles Turner" was a notable Australian banker and historian. Turner was born at Kensington, London. He was educated at the Poland-street academy and at 15 yea ...

(1831–1920), Australian banker

Fictional characters

* Giles Wemmbley-Hogg of British radio comedy ''Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off'' * Farmer Giles of Ham (

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo) is the title character of the comic fable by J. R. R. Tolkien *Giles Habibula, a character in the Legion of Space Series by

Jack Williamson John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, often called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term ''genet ...

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