Giles


Gender:
Origin: Greek
384 famous people named Giles found on Wikipedia.
4611 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 4949-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 367-th in year 1881
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name: from a Greek word meaning “shieldbearer.”.

Giles is a masculine given name.
Giles [dʒaɪlz] is the Medieval English form of the Old French saints' name Giles,
an altered form of Latin Aegidius. The modern French form is Gilles.

Masc. proper name, from Old French Gilles, from Latin Egidius, Aegidius (name of a famous 7c. Provençal hermit who was a popular saint in the Middle Ages), from Greek aigidion "kid" (see aegis). Often used in English as a typical name of a simple-minded farmer.

Shield, protection, young goat, kid.

Famous People: 384 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Giles Coren 1969 British food critic, television presenter and novelist
2 Giles Deacon 1969 British fashion designer
3 Giles Corey 1611 Executed in the Salem witch trials
4 Rupert Giles Character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5 Giles Barnes 1988 Footballer
6 Johnny Giles 1940 Footballer; football manager
7 Giles Matthey 1987 Actor
8 Giles Gilbert Scott 1880 English architect
9 Giles Fraser 1964 Vicar; former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral
10 Annabel Giles 1959 British broadcaster, writer, author and model
11 Ken Giles 1990 American baseball player
12 Giles Martin 1969 Songwriter
13 Saint Giles 0640 Christian hermit
14 Michael Giles 1942 British musician
15 Adam Giles 1973 Australian politician; Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
16 Ashley Giles 1973 English Test and County cricketer
17 Nancy Giles 1960 Actress and television personality
18 Giles Watling 1953 British actor and politician
19 Giles Coke 1986 English footballer
20 Carl Giles 1916 English cartoonist
21 Giles Foden 1967 British writer
22 Marcus Giles 1978 American baseball player
23 Giles Blunt 1952 Canadian writer
24 Giles Paxman 1951 British diplomat
25 Giles Kristian 1975 British writer
26 Giles Terera 1976 British actor and musician
27 Giles Milton 1966 British writer and historian
28 Giles Andreae 1966 British artist, poet
29 Jonathan Giles 1988 Australian rules footballer
30 Giles Clarke 1953 English businessman and cricket administrator
31 Herbert Giles 1845 British sinologist and diplomat
32 Warren Giles 1896 American baseball executive
33 Ernest Giles 1835 Explorer
34 Giles Scott 1987
35 Giles of Rome 1243 Roman Catholic archbishop
36 Giles Duley 1971 British photographer
37 Giles d'Argentan
38 Giles Panton 1982 Canadian actor
39 Giles Brindley 1926 British composer, scientist and musicologist
40 Lionel Giles 1875 British scholar and translator
41 Giles Nuttgens 1961 British cinematographer
42 C. J. Giles 1985 American/Bahraini basketball player
43 Keelan Giles 1998
44 William Branch Giles 1762 American politician
45 Giles New 2000 British actor and screenwriter
46 Giles Vandeleur 1911 British army officer
47 John K. Giles 1895 American murderer
48 Giles Mackay 1962 British businessman
49 Jimmie Giles 1954 American football player
50 Elliot Giles 1994 English male middle-distance runner
51 Giles Tremlett 1962 British journalist
52 Howard Giles 1946 American linguist and social psychologist
53 Giles Farnaby 1563 English composer
54 Giles Dilnot 1971 Television presenter
55 Vinny Giles 1943 Amateur golfer, golf administrator
56 Giles Hill
57 Giles Long 1976 British swimmer, public speaker, TV presenter & commentator
58 Giles Daubeny, 1st Baron Daubeny 1451 1st Baron Daubeney
59 Giles Radice, Baron Radice 1936 British politician
60 Giles Ji Ungpakorn 1953 Thai academic
61 John Allen Giles 1808 Historian
62 Billy Giles 1957 Northern Irish politician
63 Andrew Giles 1973 Australian politician
64 Harry Giles 1930 Canadian academic
65 Giles Chichester 1946 British Conservative politician and Member of the European Parliament
66 Giles Waterfield 1949 British novelist, art historian and curator
67 C. Lee Giles American computer scientist
68 Giles Pellerin 1906 American businessman and USC football "superfan"
69 Curt Giles 1958 Canadian ice hockey player
70 Giles Worsley 1961 English architectural historian
71 Giles Cooper 1918 British playwright
72 Giles Smith 1962 British journalist
73 Giles Lamb Film Composer and Sound Designer
74 Janice Holt Giles 1905 American writer
75 Giles of Assisi 1190 Franciscan mystic
76 Roscoe Giles American computer scientist
77 Lucy Giles
78 Barney M. Giles 1892 United States Army Air Forces general during World War II
79 Giles Goschen, 4th Viscount Goschen 1965 British politician
80 Giles Romilly 1916 British journalist
81 Trevor Giles Gaelic football player
82 Giles MacDonogh 1955 British historian
83 Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester 1874 Earl of Ilchester
84 Giles Gordon 1940 British literary agent and writer
85 Frank Giles 1919 British newspaper editor
86 Master of Saint Giles 1500 Painter
87 Gail Giles American writer
88 Giles of Viterbo 1469 Italian Augustinian friar, bishop and cardinal
89 Giles Baring 1910 Cricketer
90 Giles Havergal 1938 British actor and theatre director
91 Giles Fletcher 1586 English poet
92 John Laurent Giles 1901 Yacht designer
93 Keir Giles 1968 British academic
94 Jimmy Giles 1946 English footballer and manager
95 Calum Giles 1972 British field hockey player
96 Jo Giles 1950 New Zealand politician
97 Jim Giles 1939 American meteorologist and TV weatherman
98 Giles Sutherland Rich 1904 American judge
99 Giles de Braose 1180 Bishop of Hereford
100 Giles Whittell
101 Giles Swayne 1946 British composer
102 Giles Lewin 1960 British violinist and bagpiper
103 Selina Giles 1972
104 Stephen Giles 1972 Canadian canoeist
105 Giles Guthrie 1916 Airline administrator
106 Nathaniel Giles 1558 English composer and organist
107 Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos English courtier
108 Henry Giles 1809 Irish minister
109 Giles Foster 1950 British television director
110 Giles of Bridport Bishop of Salisbury
111 Giles Reaves American musician
112 Giles Shaw 1931 British politician
113 Patrick Giles 1899 Irish politician
114 Giles Alington 1914 Fellow of University College, Oxford
115 Giles Henderson 1942 British lawyer
116 Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere 1314 English noble
117 Giles Alexander Smith 1829 Union United States Army general
118 Giles Walker 1946 Canadian film and television writer, producer and director
119 Giles Tillotson 1960 British Indologist
120 Giles Downes British architect
121 Giles Hardie 1975 Australian film critic
122 Brian Giles 1960
123 Godfrey Douglas Giles 1857 British artist
124 Giles Gherson Canadian newspaper editor and government official
125 Giles Goddard 1962 British priest
126 Jarvis Giles 1990 American football player
127 Gordon Muir Giles 1957 British psychologist
128 Giles Constable 1929 British church historian and medievalist
129 Giles Brugge, 6th Baron Chandos Military officer
130 Samantha Giles 1994
131 Giles Hart 1949 British activist
132 Giles A. Lutz 1910 American writer
133 Giles Hattersley British journalist
134 Giles Scott-Smith 1968 British historian
135 Robert Giles 1933 American curator
136 James Giles 1718 18th-century porcelain decorator in England
137 Kevin Giles
138 Giles Alington, Lord of Horseheath 1500 Lord of Horseheath
139 Giles Healey 1901 American Mesoamericanist
140 Giles Bullard 1926 British diplomat
141 Giles Richard Cooper 1968
142 Giles White 1972 English cricketer
143 Giles McCrary 1919 American mayor
144 Giles Jacob 1686 British lawyer
145 Giles H. Miller American basketball player
146 Paul Giles 1961 Welsh footballer
147 Tony Giles Australian rules footballer
148 Giles Slade 1953 Author, freelance scholar and culture critic with specific interest in the human and environmental impacts of technology
149 Giles Mompesson 1583 English politician
150 Giles Mutsekwa 1948 Minister in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe
151 William Giles 1791 Colonial manager of the South Australian Company and politician
152 Sandra Giles 1932 American actress
153 Patricia Giles 1928 Australian politician
154 Lavarus Giles 1986 Player of American and Canadian football
155 Edward Giles 1566 English politician
156 Jesús Giles 1957 Peruvian politician
157 Bascom Giles 1900 American politician
158 Christy Giles Irish soccer player during the 1920s and 1930s
159 Giles Thomson 1553 British bishop
160 William Fell Giles 1807 American politician
161 Winston Giles 1974 Australian musician
162 Molly Giles 1942 American writer
163 Giles of Santarém 1190 Portuguese Dominican scholar
164 Francis Giles 1787 British engineer
165 Martyn Giles 1983 Welsh footballer
166 Giles Greenwood 1971 Olympic weightlifter
167 David Giles 1964 Australian sailor
168 Giles C. Stedman 1897
169 Giles Oldroyd British biologist
170 Tim Giles English jazz drummer
171 Alfred Giles 1816 British politician
172 Geoffrey Giles 1923 Australian politician
173 Alice Giles 1961 Australian classical harpist
174 James T. Giles 1943 United States federal judge
175 Giles Hussey 1710 British artist
176 Kenneth Giles British writer
177 Giles Green English politician
178 Alan Giles 1902 Anglican priest
179 Giles W. Hotchkiss 1815 U.S. Representative
180 Giles of Lessines Dominican friar, priest and philosopher
181 Norman Giles 1915 American geneticist
182 Ronald Giles Chief Judge of Michigan's 36th District Court
183 Giles de Argentine English baronial leader
184 Giles Toogood 1961 English cricketer
185 George Giles 1913 New Zealand racing cyclist
186 Giles Daoust 1979 Belgian screenwriter, film director and film producer
187 William L. Giles 1911 American academic administrator
188 Bill Giles 1932 American football coach
189 Giles Ramsay British theatre director
190 Giles Dawson
191 Charles Tyrrell Giles 1850 British politician
192 Giles Ridley 1944 Cricketer
193 Giles Firmin 1614 British doctor and minister
194 Randall Giles 1950 American composer
195 Giles Heron 1504 English politician
196 Giles Brearley 1955 British historian
197 Giles Chippindall 1893 Australian public servant
198 Giles Stibbert British general
199 Calvin Giles 1962 American politician
200 Roger Giles Australian judge