Giles's Name Day

1st September

Giles, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Greek, 'a kid'

Giles has a Name day of 1st September, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Male usage of the name.

This name is a truly ancient name from which numerous variations have been derived as shown below (the M or F in brackets are Male or Female orientated names)

St Giles is a patron saint of the following:

Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Giles has the following symbols associated

Historically Famous Giless

St Giles, a much-loved saint in Britain, is one of the medieval saints who are particularly associated with animals. The story goes that he was a French hermit living in Saint-Gilles, near Aries, before the ninth century. He used to be fed by a deer, who gave him her milk. One day, however, King Wamba of the Visigoths came crashing through the forest on a hunt; the deer sought refuge with Giles and sheltered in the saint's arms; the king tried to shoot the deer but found he had shot and wounded St Giles instead. Perhaps out of remorse, Wamba gave Giles land on which he subsequently built a monastery.