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Boy · Germanic
Guido
Say it: GWEE-doh
Meaning
From a Germanic name built on wid 'wood' or wit 'wide'; which element is meant is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1910s
In the United States
- 3,346 babies given this name since 1904
- At its height in 1914, about 1 in 7,400 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Guy |
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Famous bearers
- Guido d'Arezzo, inventor of modern musical notation
- Guido Cavalcanti, poet and friend of Dante
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Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.