Guido

Where Guido comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Guido.

  • Italian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Guido through the years
  1. 992
    Guido of Arezzo born
    11th century Italian monk, inventor of modern musical notation
  2. 1904
    First appearance
    #966 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1913
    Peak, #523
    67 babies named Guido, its best rank.
  4. 1935
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,354.
  5. 1961
    Guido Westerwelle born
    German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Guy.
Namesakes
  • Guido Westerwelle · German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany, 1961–2016
  • Guido of Arezzo · 11th century Italian monk, inventor of modern musical notation, 992–1050
  • Guido van Rossum · Dutch programmer and creator of Python, born 1956
  • Guido Reni · Bolognese painter, 1575–1642
  • Guido Buchwald · German association football player and manager, born 1961

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.