Gilo
m.
A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Proto-Germanic *gailaz 'merry, excited; beautiful; lush, lustful'.
- Belgium
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- Old French
- ● 1262 Gilon (obl) OvdFB 5
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1138x1162 Gilo (nom) clairvaux-12thc 63;
1147 Gilo (nom) ibid. 14;
c1150 Gilonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXIII;
1163 Gillonis (gen) clairvaux-12thc 99,
Gilo (nom) ibid. 101;
1179 Gilo (nom) ibid. 180;
1231 Gilo (nom) NDParisII 2-CV;
1258 Gilo (nom) ArrestReg-volI XXVIII, Pentecost,
Gilone (abl) ibid. XXVIII, Pentecost,
Gilonem (acc) ibid. XXVIII, Pentecost;
1260 Gillo (acc) ibid. VIII, Ascension,
Gilo (nom) ibid. X, St. Martin;
1261 Gilo (nom) ibid. IV, St. Martin,
Gilone (abl) ibid. IV, St. Martin;
1301 Gilonis (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 253
- ◑ 1376 Gilletus (nom) St-Bernard-Romans 383
- Old French
- ● 1296 Gillo paris1296 p. 34
- ◑ 1301 Gillon (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 233
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1300 Gilonem (acc) ActDipVeneto-I-1 p. 47
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Gil valencia1510 3450
- Spanish
- ● 1495 Gil montalvo
Cite as: G. Grim, S.L. Uckelman. "Gilo". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Gilo.