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I prefer Giles. This seems more modern though.
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Gyles definitely comes across as more modern, but funnily enough, it actually isn't! The name was already around in the 16th century:
https://dmnes.org/name/Giles (in English)
It's actually even older, as is indicated by the existence of the patronymic surname Gyles, which was first recorded in the 12th century:
https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Gyles (in English)
So definitely very old, but without that clunkiness that a lot of equally old names seem to have. I guess you could perhaps say that Gyles is basically an old name masquerading as a modern name. ;)
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https://dmnes.org/name/Giles (in English)
It's actually even older, as is indicated by the existence of the patronymic surname Gyles, which was first recorded in the 12th century:
https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Gyles (in English)
So definitely very old, but without that clunkiness that a lot of equally old names seem to have. I guess you could perhaps say that Gyles is basically an old name masquerading as a modern name. ;)
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