Name Guy

Origin:

From a Old High German word for wood, forest

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About the name Guy in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	French, English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Gry, Gul, Gül, Gun, Guo, Gus, Guya, Ruy Details

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About Guido, the group of names with the same origin as Guy

Language of origin:	Old High German
Info about origin:	Latinized form of Wido, a short form of Germanic names starting with Wid- or Wit-, like e.g. Widukind
	the first name element of these names is witu (wood)
Words:	witu = the wood (in the sense of forest), the forest Old High German
Topics:	Short form
Variants' top ranks:	34:Guy Belgium 2013, 61:Guido Belgium 2013
Somehow related to:	Widukind
Old/original forms:	Wido Old High German
Name variants:	Gido, Guido, Guy Sortable list Details

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