Type Surname (from given name)
Usage German (Swiss)
Meaning & History
Derived from a short form of the given name Aegidius.
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Type Surname (from location)
Usage German, German (Swiss)
Meaning & History
Derived from Middle High German gilge "lily", this was a habitational name from the inflected form of a house name meaning "at the lily".