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Surname Etymology and Meaning of GILES

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Ęgidius, Latin of A??, Greek, a goat's skin; so the old writers derive it, but it is more probably from the German Gisel, or Gesel, a companion.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).