Guido

  • [ GWEE-do (Italian), GEE-do (German) ]
  • Italian, German
Latinized form of WIDO. This was the name of two 11th-century saints. Other notable bearers include 11th-century music theorist Guido d'Arezzo, 13th-century poet Guido Cavalcanti, and 17th-century painter Guido Reni.

WIDO   male   Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element witu "wood" or wit "wide". From early times this name has been confused with the Latin name Vitus.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Wido
CROATIAN: Vid
CZECH: Vít
ENGLISH: Guy
FRENCH: Guy
FRISIAN: Wide
GERMAN: Guido, Veit
HUNGARIAN: Vid, Vida
ITALIAN: Guido
LITHUANIAN: Gvidas
POLISH: Wit
SLOVAK: Vít
SLOVENE: Vid
FEMININE FORMS
SLOVENE: Vida