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.

Guido Rank in US Top 1000

# 888 in the US

Popularity of the name Guido

• 1405 Nameberry 2023

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

The name 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