"You'll tell me one day, I'm sure of it" he teases right back, blissfully ignorant of Ossie's grief, "But you're right, Pierrot doesn't suit without the costume, so until then... James"

A common enough name that he shouldn't be questioned on why he chose it, though he does have a reason. Even before everything, Giles had a certain fascination with names, perhaps because he'd taken so little care choosing his own.