Given name & surname
Egidius
“resembling a young goat”
Egidius is a variant of Egidio. One Italian interpretation is “resembling a young goat.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Egidius is a variant of Egidio. One Italian interpretation is “resembling a young goat.”
Explained through its name family
Egidius’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Egidius has a conventional equivalent in the French form Gilles. Egidius has a related form in Egidio. In Swedish usage, Egidius has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Jiljí.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Egidius
- Aegidius SadelerFlemish painter and engraver (c.1568-1629)
- Egidius JungerCatholic bishop (1833–1895)
- Egidius Brauneighth president of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB, German Football Association)1925–2022
- Egidius MengelbergGerman painter and lithographer (1770-1849)
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