Guido

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Italian
"guide, leader"

Guido Origin and Meaning

The name Guido is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning "guide, leader".

Guido was very popular in Renaissance Italy, with many namesakes including painter Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro) and mathematician Guido Fubini. Guy Fawkes, of gunpowder plot fame, sometimes used this version. Nowadays it's unfairly overlooked, but in the current trend for snappy international names ending in -o, this cultured gem deserves more use.

# 888 in the US

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Famous People Named Guido

  • Saint Guido Maria Conforti
    Italian archbishop
  • Guido Westerwelle
    former Vice Chancellor of Germany
  • Guido Adler
    Czech,Austrian musicologist
  • Guido Karl Anton von List
    Austrian occultist who founded Wotanism
  • Guido Ulrich Buchwald
    German footballer
  • Guido Rimonda
    Italian violinist
  • Guido Antonio Santórsola
    Brazilian,Uruguayan composer and violinist
  • Guido Georg Friedrich Erdmann Heinrich Adalbert Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck
    German nobleman and industrialist
  • Guido Pella
    Argentine tennis player

Guido in Pop Culture

  • Guido Orifice
    main character in film "Life is Beautiful"
  • Father Guido Sarducci
    character created by comedian Don Novello
  • Guido
    disparaging term for an Italian,American