Giles

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Giles or Gyles is a masculine given name. It is the Medieval English form of the name of the French hermit Saint Giles, which itself is the Old French form of the Latin name Aegidius. The modern French forms are Gilles and the less common Égide.

From Wikipedia

Giles first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 86 babies (rank #671 that year). In 2024 it was given to 19 boys (rank #5,104). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Giles

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Giles yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,719

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Giles

Giles Barnesassociation football player · b. 1988

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	18	#409
1881	21	#367
1882	12	#558
1883	17	#438
1884	14	#512
1885	15	#488
1886	13	#524
1887	11	#562
1888	20	#421
1889	12	#563
1890	11	#614
1891	6	#892
1892	7	#893
1893	17	#455
1895	8	#825
1896	8	#850
1897	13	#593
1898	6	#1,056
1899	17	#464
1900	15	#657
1901	11	#655
1902	9	#818
1903	7	#951
1904	15	#596
1905	9	#865
1906	7	#1,056
1907	7	#1,139
1908	14	#723
1909	9	#1,047
1910	13	#893
1911	18	#773
1912	32	#772
1913	45	#673
1914	56	#681
1915	65	#744
1916	54	#859
1917	73	#718
1918	86	#671
1919	66	#804
1920	69	#807
1921	52	#977
1922	80	#738
1923	64	#849
1924	63	#866
1925	78	#741
1926	60	#862
1927	70	#791
1928	80	#710
1929	69	#773
1930	63	#819
1931	66	#771
1932	77	#705
1933	69	#737
1934	60	#801
1935	59	#806
1936	52	#847
1937	41	#995
1938	61	#788
1939	47	#907
1940	44	#973
1941	62	#802
1942	49	#950
1943	51	#935
1944	54	#863
1945	43	#978
1946	31	#1,269
1947	54	#971
1948	50	#994
1949	38	#1,153
1950	47	#1,030
1951	50	#998
1952	43	#1,124
1953	44	#1,113
1954	58	#982
1955	62	#954
1956	51	#1,058
1957	52	#1,056
1958	46	#1,141
1959	37	#1,283
1960	48	#1,135
1961	30	#1,475
1962	47	#1,129
1963	35	#1,329
1964	41	#1,206
1965	23	#1,640
1966	31	#1,382
1967	28	#1,459
1968	29	#1,466
1969	30	#1,479
1970	32	#1,506
1971	29	#1,647
1972	31	#1,546
1973	20	#2,075
1974	36	#1,451
1975	28	#1,762
1976	26	#1,897
1977	22	#2,150
1978	31	#1,736
1979	25	#2,066
1980	25	#2,135
1981	24	#2,156
1982	28	#1,951
1983	24	#2,167
1984	34	#1,703
1985	26	#2,144
1986	30	#1,979
1987	25	#2,293
1988	15	#3,415
1989	26	#2,505
1990	19	#3,222
1991	31	#2,310
1992	39	#2,016
1993	29	#2,534
1994	22	#3,153
1995	28	#2,642
1996	16	#4,072
1997	24	#3,093
1998	17	#4,078
1999	18	#4,050
2000	15	#4,873
2001	17	#4,558
2002	19	#4,229
2003	22	#3,881
2004	21	#4,168
2005	28	#3,476
2006	19	#4,748
2007	26	#3,931
2008	23	#4,308
2009	20	#4,815
2010	30	#3,565
2011	20	#4,715
2012	25	#4,052
2013	20	#4,680
2014	12	#6,776
2015	20	#4,774
2016	17	#5,389
2017	15	#5,895
2018	19	#4,990
2019	29	#3,746
2020	18	#5,101
2021	16	#5,623
2022	13	#6,591
2023	11	#7,433
2024	19	#5,104