About the Jiles Surname

Some records give Giles; others give Jiles. Both point to the same English family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Aegidius (young goat)”.

• Spelled with “j” instead of “g”, Jiles shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• Other spellings include Gile and Gyles.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Jiles surname had 4,441 bearers. It sits within the 10,000 most common last names in the country.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Jiles coat of arms

Arms linked to Giles and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Jiles family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.