| Pronunciation | Italian: [ˈɡwiːdo] German: [ˈɡiːdo] |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Italian, Ancient Germanic |
| Meaning | Forest, Guide |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Guy, Gvidas |
Guido is a given name. It has been a male first name in Italy, Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Switzerland, as well as other places with migration from those. Regarding origins, there are most likely homonymous forms of it, that is, from several etymological predecessors but now seeming to be the same name. One of the likely homonyms is Germanic Guido representing the Latinisation from the Old High German name Wido,[1] which meant "wood" (that is, "forest"). Another likely homonym is the Italian Guido from a latinate root for "guide".[2] The third likely homonym is the Italian Guido with phonetic correspondence to Latin Vitus, whereas the Latin v (/w/), the Latin i (/iː/), and the terminal syllable -tus have predictable homology with the Italian /u/, /iː/, and -do. Thus, for example, Saint Vitus has also been known in Italian as Guido.
The slang term Guido is used in American culture to refer derogatorily to an urban working-class Italian or Italian-American male who is overly aggressive or macho with a tendency for certain conspicuous behaviour.[3] It may also be used as a more general ethnic slur for working-class urban Italian Americans.[4]
People
Given name
Medieval times
- Guido of Acqui (c. 1004–1070), bishop of Acqui, Italy
- Guido of Anderlecht (c. 950–1012), Belgian saint
- Guido of Arezzo (c. 991/992–after 1033), Italian music theorist
- Guido da Velate, (died 1071) bishop of Milan
- Guido Bonatti (died c. 1298), Italian mathematician, astronomer and astrologer
- Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250s–1300), Italian (Florentine) poet and friend of Dante
- Guido delle Colonne (fl. 1287), Italian writer and contemporary of Dante
- Guido I da Montefeltro (1223–1298), advisor to Pope Boniface VIII
- Guido di Pietro (c. 1395–1455), Italian Renaissance painter better known as Fra Angelico
- Guido of Pisa (d. 1169), Italian geographer
- Guido of Siena, 13th-century Italian painter
- Guido II of Spoleto (died 882), Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino
- Guy III of Spoleto (died 895), King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor
Later use
- Guido Alvarenga (born 1970), Paraguayan footballer
- Guido de Bres (1522–1567), Belgian pastor, theologian, author of Belgic Confession
- Guido Buchwald (born 1961) German footballer
- Guido Cagnacci (1601–1663), Italian painter
- Guido Calabresi (born 1932), American judge and former Dean of Yale Law School
- Guido Calza (1888–1946) Italian archaeologist
- Guido Cantelli (1920–1956), Italian orchestral conductor
- Guido Cantz (born 1971), German television presenter
- Guido Castelnuovo (1865–1952), Italian mathematician
- Guido Cortese (1908–1964), Italian lawyer and politician
- Guido Deiro (1886–1950), Italian-born vaudeville piano-accordionist
- Guido Fanconi (1892–1979), Swiss pediatrician
- Guy Fawkes (later Guido Fawkes) (1570–1606), English Catholic who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot
- Guido Fubini (1879–1943), Italian mathematician
- Guido Gezelle (1830–1899), Flemish writer, poet and priest
- Guido Görtzen (born 1970), Dutch volleyball player
- Guido Grandi (1671–1742), Italian priest and professor of mathematics
- Guido Guerrini, (born 1976), Italian rally driver
- Guido Imbens (born 1963), Dutch-American economist
- Guido Knopp (born 1946), German historian, journalist and producer of history documentaries
- Guido Kratschmer (born 1953), German decathlete and former world record holder
- Guido de Lavezaris (c. 1512 – c. 1581), Spanish Governor General of the Philippines
- Guido von List (1848–1919), Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist
- Guido Mantega (born 1949), Italian-born Finance Minister of Brazil
- Guido de Marco (1931–2010), Maltese politician, who served as the sixth President of Malta from 1999 to 2004
- Guido Marini (born 1965), Italian Roman Catholic priest
- Guido Migliozzi (born 1997), Italian golfer
- Guido Morselli (1912–1973), Italian writer
- Guido De Padt (born 1954), Belgian politician
- Guido Pella (born 1990), Argentine tennis player
- Guido Quaroni (born 1970), Italian computer modeller and animator at Pixar Studios
- Guido Reni (1575–1642), Italian painter
- Guido Reybrouck (born 1941), Belgian cyclist
- Guido Stampacchia (1922–1978), Italian mathematician
- Guido van Rossum (born 1956), Dutch programmer, creator of the Python programming language
- Guido Vildoso (born 1937), Bolivian military officer and de facto president in 1982
- Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), German politician
- Guido Wieland (1906-1993), Austrian actor
Family name
- José María Guido (1910–1975), president of Argentina between 1962 and 1963.
- Peggy Guido (1912–1994), also known as Peggy Piggott, English archaeologist and prehistorian.
- Tomás Guido (1788-1866), Argentine general, diplomat and politician.
Fictional characters
- Guido Mista, the gunman of Bucciarati's gang in part 5 of the manga, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Guido Anselmi, film director played by Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini's film 8 1/2
- Commissario Guido Brunetti, the protagonist of Donna Leon's crime fiction series set in Venice, Italy
- Father Guido Sarducci, fictional character portrayed by American comedian Don Novello
- Guido Hatzis, a comic character created by Australian comedians Moclair and Schiller
- Guido Carosella a.k.a. Strong Guy, a fictional mutant from the Marvel Comics universe
- Guido, a character in the Cars franchise
- Guido, a Microraptor gui character who appears in The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers and the TV episode "The Hermit of Black Rock"
- Guido, a character in the Myth Adventures series created by Robert Asprin
- Prince Guido (Russian: Gvidon), character from The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander Pushkin
- Guido il Cortese, the protagonist in Mary Shelley's short story "Transformation"
- Guido, the killer pimp in Risky Business portrayed by Joe Pantoliano
- Guido Anchovy, a main character from the animated cartoon series Samurai Pizza Cats
- Guido Orefice, the main protagonist in the Italian comedy film Life Is Beautiful
- Guido, right-hand man of primary antagonist Kromer in Canto III of video game Limbus Company
Other
- Guido Fawkes, a British political website run by blogger Paul Staines
See also
References
- ↑ Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "guide | Origin and meaning of guide by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com.
- ↑ "GUIDO | Meaning & Definition for UK English | Lexico.com". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022.
- ↑ Libby Copeland (6 July 2003). "Strutting Season". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
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