text: The boy's and girl's name Shiloh is pronounced SHY-loh. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "His gift." Biblical place name. Shiloh is also the site of a crucial battle in the American Civil War. Actor Brad Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie named their daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.\n\nShiloh has 3 variant forms: Shilo, Shylo and Shyloh.\n\nShiloh is a rather uncommon female first name, ranking 4105 out of 4275 for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Shiloh is a common surname, ranking 54257 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.\n\nAlso:\n\nShiloh (shī'lō) , town, central ancient Palestine, the modern Khirbet Seilun, the West Bank, NNE of Jerusalem. In biblical times it lay in the territory of Ephraim. The Hebrews were, apparently, the first to build extensively on the site. Shiloh was home to the priests Eli and Ahijah, boyhood home of Samuel, and the place where the Ark rested after the conquest of Canaan. It was the sanctuary and meeting place of the Levites until the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant. References to it in the Bible are numerous.