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Flora - now there's a beautiful name I hadn't considered before!
thank you Kayfiona x
p.s. how do you pronounce Egidia ?
thank you Kayfiona x
p.s. how do you pronounce Egidia ?
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Could anyone who knows how to pronounce Egidia please read this? Thanks.
Flora McDonald is smiling . . . .
I pronounce Egidia as "eh-JID-ee-uh." But now that you ask I have to admit that I've never heard it spoken. I always thought it was a Greek name and they tend to put the stress on the "-ia" at the end. ("eh-jih-DEE-uh?" "eh-HEED-ee-uh?")
I hope someone knowledgeable picks this up and answers because now I'm curious.
Flora McDonald is smiling . . . .
I pronounce Egidia as "eh-JID-ee-uh." But now that you ask I have to admit that I've never heard it spoken. I always thought it was a Greek name and they tend to put the stress on the "-ia" at the end. ("eh-jih-DEE-uh?" "eh-HEED-ee-uh?")
I hope someone knowledgeable picks this up and answers because now I'm curious.
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Let me get my book...
My Scottish naming book says about the same, it was popular in the later Middle Ages, it metions a couple royals who bore the name, and says that it can also be rendered Giles or Julia! Interesting...Giles is said here to be either male or female, it's from the Greek word aigidion that means 'young goat' and the Greek forms are Egidia (feminine) and Eegidius (masculine). The name Giles has something to do with St. Giles (patron saint of beggars and cripples) who wore a goat skin and was called Giles in France propably because of the Celtic word gillie which means servant and wearing goat skins were a sign of humility and servitude.
I'd say that Egidia is pronounced like eh-GEE-dee-ah and Eegidius like EE-GEE-dee-us, but I'm not sure! :)
My Scottish naming book says about the same, it was popular in the later Middle Ages, it metions a couple royals who bore the name, and says that it can also be rendered Giles or Julia! Interesting...Giles is said here to be either male or female, it's from the Greek word aigidion that means 'young goat' and the Greek forms are Egidia (feminine) and Eegidius (masculine). The name Giles has something to do with St. Giles (patron saint of beggars and cripples) who wore a goat skin and was called Giles in France propably because of the Celtic word gillie which means servant and wearing goat skins were a sign of humility and servitude.
I'd say that Egidia is pronounced like eh-GEE-dee-ah and Eegidius like EE-GEE-dee-us, but I'm not sure! :)
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Wow. Thanks!
I'm computer illiterate. Can you (or anyone else) e-mail this to BehindtheName.com? These look like names that should be in the database.
I'm computer illiterate. Can you (or anyone else) e-mail this to BehindtheName.com? These look like names that should be in the database.
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Sure, I'll try! :)
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