# Giles (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/giles/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “kid”, “young goat” |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒaɪlz/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,732 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,732 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 554, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 4,718 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,052 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,682 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,778 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,775 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,392 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,895 |
| 2018 | 19 | 4,991 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,748 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,103 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,623 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,596 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,438 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,127 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,932 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Егидий, Жил
- Catalan: Egidi, Gil
- Chinese: 賈爾斯 /贾尔斯
- Czech: Jiljí
- Dutch: Aegidius
- Esperanto: Egidio
- French: Égide, Gilles
- German: Ägidius, Gilgen
- Greek: Αιγιδιός, Αιγίδιος
- Hungarian: Egyed
- Italian: Egidio
- Latin: Aegīdius
- Lithuanian: Egidijus
- Polish: Idzi
- Portuguese: Egídio, Gil
- Romanian: Egidiu
- Russian: Эгидий
- Slovene: Egidij
- Spanish: Egidio
- Swedish: Egidius, Gillis

## People named Giles

- Giles Barnes, English-Jamaican footballer
- Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect (1880–1960)
- Giles Scott, British sailor
- Giles Martin, English record producer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist
- Giles Milton, British writer and historian
- Giles Farnaby, English composer
- Giles Corey, Executed in the Salem witch trials
- Giles of Assisi, Franciscan mystic and blessed (c. 1190 – 1262)
- Giles Matthey, British actor (born 1987)
- Giles Foden, British writer
- Giles Radice, Baron Radice, British politician (1936–2022)
- Giles Fletcher, English poet, diplomat and politician 1549-1611

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.