Guy

  • [ GIE (English), GEE (French) ]
  • English, French
Norman French form of WIDO. The Normans introduced it to England, where it was common until the time of Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), a revolutionary who attempted to blow up the British parliament. The name was revived in the 19th century, due in part to characters in the novels 'Guy Mannering' (1815) by Sir Walter Scott and 'The Heir of Redclyffe' (1854) by C. M. Yonge.

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