Given name & surname
Jiles
“resembling a young goat”·“the shield bearer”
Jiles is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “resembling a young goat” (American) and “the shield bearer” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “resembling a young goat” (American) and “the shield bearer” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jiles through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 639
- 639 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,272 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,272 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 336 as a first name in 2020; 4,038 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jiles
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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