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Name Gilles

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From Old High German words for pledge, hostage and bright

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About the name Gilles in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	French
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Gilles, Giles, Gillis, Aillén, Billel, Gallus, Gill, Guillem, Gyles, Ilies Details

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About Gilbert/Gilberta, the group of names with the same origin as Gilles

Language of origin:	Old High German
Info about origin, male:	old Germanic two-element name
	known from a Medieval custom to leave children at foreign courts, as a pledge confirming alliances
Words:	gisal = the pledge, the hostage Old High German
	beraht = bright Old High German
Topics:	Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	21:Gijs Netherlands 2010, 64:Gilbert England+Wales 1904, 172:Gilberte Belgium 2013, 413:Gilberto USA 1990-1999
Old/original forms:	Gieselbert Old High German, Giselbert Old High German
Name variants:	Gilberta, Gilberte, Gisberta, Giesbert, Gijs, Gijsbert, Gilbert, Gilberto, Gilles, Gisbert Sortable list Details