# Giles

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /d͡ʒaɪlz/ · frequency rank #13,356

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **give** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-give)
- **goes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-goes)
- **glen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-glen)
- **gill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-gill)
- **glee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-glee)
- **gilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-gilt)
- **given** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-given)
- **girls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-girls)
- **gives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-gives)
- **giver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-giver)
- **golds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-golds)
- **gills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-gills)
- **gulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-gulls)
- **golem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-golem)
- **guile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-guile)
- **glens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-glens)
- **gilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-gilly)
- **guides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-guides)
- **Grimes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-grimes)
- **guilds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-guilds)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ggiles`, `giels`, `giless`, `gilles`, `gilse`, `glies`, `igles`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/giles