All around the world, Aegidius (Giles 
, Egija 
, Aegidius 
) is a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine first name. The given name Aegidius is habitual in Reunion, where it is quite a common male name, Bahamas, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and the United Kingdom. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More frequently, Aegidius is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Giles | United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico, United States, Argentina |
| Egija | Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Latvia |
| Aegidius | Malaysia, United States, Tanzania, India, France |
| Adjud | Indonesia, Romania, Malaysia, Philippines, India |
Aegidius is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Giles Corey , the operatic character in the opera The Crucible by Robert Ward.
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faber aegidius Hungarian theologian, HU (b. 1490) |
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| aegidius de monte Dutch bishop, NL (b. 1500) |
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| aegidius gutmann (b. 1490) |
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aegidius albertinus German writer, librarian and translator, NL (b. 1560) |
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| aegidius ayrer (b. 1509) |
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aegidius strauch German theologian and university teacher (1583-1657), DE (b. 1583) |
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aegidius gelenius German historian (1595-1656), DE (b. 1595) |
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| aegidius salius CZ (b. 1536) |
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| aegidius matthie upsaliensis aurelius Swedish politician, SE (b. 1550) |
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| aegidius periander (b. 1543) |
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| aegidius i sadeler BE (b. 1555) |
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| aegidius von faing (b. 1560) |
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| aegidius antonisz. anselmus owner/creator of the album amicorum of Aegidius Antonisz. Anselmus (b. 1575) |
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| aegidius trentzsch DE (b. 1565) |
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| aegidius ursinus de vivere Roman Catholic patriarch, BE (b. 1577) |
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