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Giles

/d͡ʒaɪlz/

Giles proper noun: a male given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Giles

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices.2017 October 10, Vanessa Potter, “My sudden synesthesia: how I went blind and started hearing colors”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A ghost town in Wayne County, Utah, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Giles meaning in Bengali

Giles in Bengali

male given name
গাইলস gailoś

Origin of Giles

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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Questions about Giles

What does Giles mean?
Giles means a male given name from Ancient Greek.
What is Giles in Bengali?
Giles in Bengali is গাইলস (gailoś). See Giles meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Giles?
Giles is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Giles?
Giles is pronounced /d͡ʒaɪlz/.

Words near Giles in the dictionary

  1. Gileadeans
  2. Gileadite
  3. Gileadites
  4. Gileno
  5. Gilenos
  6. Giles
  7. Giles County
  8. Gileston
  9. gilet
  10. gilet jaune
  11. gilets

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