Giles (surname)
The surname Giles or Gyles comes from the given name Giles, for which multiple origins have been suggested.
Notable people with the surname Giles
- Adam Giles, Australian politician, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- Alan Giles , Anglican priest, RAF Chaplain-in-Chief, Dean of Jersey
- Alan Giles, British businessman, CEO of HMV Group
- Alfred Giles, multiple people
- Alice Giles, Australian classical harpist
- Annabel Giles, Welsh model, panellist and novelist
- Andrew Giles, Australian politician
- Anstey Giles, full name William Anstey Giles, surgeon and medical administrator in South Australia
- Aquila Giles, American lawyer, politician and soldier
- Archie Giles, Australian rules footballer
- Arthur Giles, British gynecologist
- Ashley Giles, English cricketer
- Barney M. Giles, American military officer, commander of the Fourth Air Force
- Bascom Giles, Texas Land Commissioner
- Bill Giles , American football player and coach
- Bill Giles , honorary National League President
- Bill Giles , meteorologist and television presenter
- Billy Giles, Ulster Volunteer Force volunteer
- Bob Giles, Australian rules footballer
- Brian Giles , Major League Baseball player
- Brian Giles, American Major League Baseball outfielder
- Bryant Giles, Australian politician
- C. J. Giles, American-Bahraini basketball player
- Calum Giles, English field hockey player
- Calvin Giles, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Cameron Giles, American rap artist
- Carl Giles, British cartoonist
- Catherine Dawson Giles, British watercolour painter
- Charles Tyrrell Giles, British lawyer and Conservative politician
- Chris Giles, Welsh footballer
- Chris Giles
- Christy Giles, Republic of Ireland footballer
- Clement Giles, South Australian parliamentarian
- Cornelis Giles, 18th century Dutch navigator after whom Gilessundet is named
- Craig Giles, Australian country musician
- Curt Giles, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Daniel Giles, Governor of the Bank of England
- David Giles, multiple people
- Edmund Giles, English lawyer and politician, member of the House of Commons
- Edward Giles, English politician, High Sheriff of Devon
- Edward Giles , Australian politician
- Eric Giles, New Zealand cricketer
- Ernest Giles, Australian explorer
- Felix Giles, Australian engineer and ANZAC officer
- Francis Giles, British canal engineer and surveyor
- Frank Giles, editor of the British Sunday Times newspaper
- Frank Lucas Netlam Giles, British soldier and military attaché
- Frank S. Giles, American politician, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Gail Giles, American writer of young adult fiction
- Gary Giles, New Zealand cricketer
- Geoffrey Giles, Australian politician
- George Giles , Negro Leagues first baseman
- George Giles, New Zealand cyclist
- George Michael James Giles, English surgeon and entomologist
- Glenn Giles, Australian rules footballer
- Godfrey Douglas Giles, war artist
- Godwin Giles, English cricketer
- Gordon Muir Giles, American academic and therapist
- Grover A. Giles, Attorney General of Utah
- Gwen B. Giles, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate
- Harriet E. Giles, American educator, co-founder of Spelman College
- Harry Giles, multiple people
- Henry Giles, Unitarian minister and writer
- Herbert Giles, British diplomat, Sinologist and linguist
- Hiram Giles, American politician
- Howard Giles, British-American sociolinguist
- Ian Giles, multiple people
- Jack Giles Leonard George "Jack" Giles], Australian rules footballer and first class cricketer
- James Giles, multiple people
- Janice Holt Giles, American author
- Jarvis Giles, American football running back
- Jesús Giles Sánchez, Mexican politician
- Jimmie Giles, American football player
- Jimmy Giles, English footballer and manager
- Jo Giles, New Zealand television presenter and sport shooter
- John Giles, multiple people
- Jonathan Giles, Australian rules footballer
- Johnny Giles, Irish football player, manager and pundit
- Katharine Giles, British climate scientist
- Keelan Giles, Welsh rugby union player
- Keir Giles, British writer and international affairs expers
- Ken Giles, American baseball pitcher
- Kenneth Giles, British crime writer
- Kevin Giles, Australian Anglican pastor, and theologian
- Kevin S. Giles, American journalist
- Lamar Giles, American children's book author
- Lavarus Giles, American and Canadian football running back
- Lee Giles, American computer scientist
- Leslie Giles, New Zealand cricketer
- Lionel Giles, Victorian scholar, translator, son of Herbert
- Lucy Giles, first female College Commander at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Margaret Giles, British painter, sculptor and medallist
- Martin Giles, English footballer
- Martyn Giles, Welsh footballer
- Michael Giles, drummer with King Crimson
- Marcus Giles, Major League Baseball outfielder
- Maureen Giles, Australian Olympic swimmer
- Molly Giles, American writer
- Nancy Giles, American actress and commentator
- Nathaniel Giles, English Renaissance organist and composer
- Nathaniel Giles , Canon of Windsor
- Nick Giles, Managing Director of Ordnance Survey Leisure Limited
- Norman Giles, American microbial geneticist
- Olivia Aroha Giles, New Zealand artist and writer
- Owen Giles, English rugby player
- Pat Giles, Irish Teachta Dála
- Patricia Giles, Australian Senator
- Paul Giles, Welsh footballer and manager
- Peter Giles, several people
- Randall Giles, American composer, Episcopal Church missionary, and ethnographer
- Ray Giles, Welsh rugby union player
- Richard P. Giles, American politician
- Robert Giles , British civil servant, Commissioner in Sind
- Robert Giles, American journalist
- Roger Giles, judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Ron Giles, English cricketer
- Ronald Giles, Chief Judge of Michigan's 36th District Court
- Roscoe Giles, American physicist and computer engineer
- Roscoe Conkling Giles, American surgeon, President of the National Medical Association
- Roy Giles, British soldier and academic
- Ryan Giles, English footballer
- Sam Giles, British palaeobiologist
- Samantha Giles, English actress
- Samantha Giles , English golfer
- Sandra Giles, American actress and model
- Selina Giles, English actress and writer
- Stephen Giles, Canadian canoeist
- Stephen M. Giles, Australian children's book author
- Thomas Giles, multiple people
- Tim Giles, British jazz drummer
- Tony Giles, Australian rules footballer
- Trevor Giles, Gaelic footballer for Meath GAA
- Vinny Giles, American amateur golfer
- Warren Giles, National League executive in Major League Baseball
- Wenona Giles, Canadian academic
- William Giles, multiple people
- Winston Giles, Australian musician
- Patrick Giles-Jones, Japanese cricketer
- Francis Charles Morgan-Giles, British boat designer and builder
- Morgan Morgan-Giles, British politician and Royal Navy officer
- Wilfrid Scott-Giles, English writer on heraldry
Notable people with the surname Gilles
- Alexe Gilles, American figure skater
- Herbert Michael Gilles, British-Maltese physician and professor of tropical medicine
- Jean Gilles, 18th century French musician
- Jean Gilles, 20th century French general
- Osmond Gilles, first colonial treasurer of South Australia
- Piper Gilles, American figure skater
- Todd Gilles, American figure skater
Notable people with the surname Gyles
- Abbey-Anne Gyles, English model
- Alfred William Gyles, New Zealand chess player
- Althea Gyles, Irish poet
- Ced Gyles, Canadian football player
- George Gyles, Canadian sailor
- Harry Gyles, Australian rules footballer
- Henry Gyles, English glass painter
- John Gyles, American interpreter
- John Gyles , English politician
- Mascal Gyles, English polemic
- Roger Gyles, Australian judge
- Thomas Gyles, English politician
Fictional characters
- Rupert Giles, a character from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
- William Giles Oz
- Farmer Giles, protagonist of Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R. Tolkien