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Giles as a female first name
« on: Sunday 20 October 19 10:14 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
I have the name Giles or Giley popping up for female family members in Donegal (Creeslough area). Never seen this before and haven't ever heard it before as a female name today? Does anyone know anything about Giles as a female name?

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Re: Giles as a female first name
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 20 October 19 10:33 BST (UK) »
Ive seen Giles or Giley on many marriage certificates.
Giles was a female name.

Have a look at  births on irishgenealogy.ie
Enter first of Giles name only and select a Donegal parish.( I chose Millford)

Ive looked at the first few in date order and all were female

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Re: Giles as a female first name
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 20 October 19 10:40 BST (UK) »
See reply to similar question someone asked several years ago at :

https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/ireland@rootsweb.com/thread/5651842/
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Re: Giles as a female first name
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 22 October 19 12:26 BST (UK) »
census of ireland 1911

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie

put in search box FORENAME name Giles or Giley quite a lot come up for Donegal.

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Re: Giles as a female first name
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 22 October 19 14:02 BST (UK) »
My grandfather’s parents emigrated from the Creeslough area. Their neighbouring families farmed in several of the area’s townlands and a few had businesses/resided in Creeslough village. Grandfather’s sister married a man whose mother appears variously as Giley/Jiley/Julia in census, church  and civil records.
Devir/Dever/Diver, O'Donnell, Sweeney, Doherty/Dogherty/Docherty( DON), Flanagan (Newry, DOW), Hennessy (Ballybunion, KER), Nally (Ballinacarrick,WEM) Meer (Paradise, Ballynagard, CLA) McKinnon, McLeod, Beaton, McLennan, (Skye, inc. Raasay) Christie (Dunblane & Glasgow) Wilson, Swan, Orr, (Airdrie)  Marshall (Burnley LAN/Stockport CHS) Burcham, Chamberlain, Crisp, Cone, Hewitt, Everard, Williamson, Jermy, Wade (NFK/SFK) Bell (CUL) Baglee & var. (DUR)
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