Guido

Guido
Pronunciation	Italian: [ˈɡwiːdo] ; German: [ˈɡiːdo]
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Italian, Ancient Germanic
Meaning	Forest , Guide
Other names
Related names	Guy, Gvidas

Last updated July 05, 2025

Guido is a given name. It has been a male first name in Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and Latin America, as well as other places with migration from those. Regarding origins, there are most likely homonymous forms of it, that is, from several etymological predecessors but now seeming to be the same name. One of the likely homonyms is Germanic Guido representing the Latinisation from the Old High German name Wido,^[1] which meant "wood" (that is, "forest"). Another likely homonym is the Italian Guido from a latinate root for "guide".^[2] The third likely homonym is the Italian Guido with phonetic correspondence to Latin Vitus , whereas the Latin v (/w/), the Latin i (/iː/), and the terminal syllable -tus have predictable homology with the Italian /u/, /iː/, and -do. Thus, for example, Saint Vitus has also been known in Italian as Guido.

The slang term Guido is used in American culture to refer derogatorily to an urban working-class Italian or Italian-American male who is overly aggressive or macho with a tendency for certain conspicuous behaviour.^[3] It may also be used as a more general ethnic slur for working-class urban Italian Americans.^[4]

People

Given name

Medieval times

Guido (composer) (c. 1372–1374), French composer and cantor
Guido of Acqui (c. 1004–1070), bishop of Acqui, Italy
Guido of Anderlecht (c. 950–1012), Belgian saint
Guido of Arezzo (c. 991/992–after 1033), Italian music theorist
Guido da Velate, (died 1071) bishop of Milan
Guido Bonatti (died c. 1298), Italian mathematician, astronomer and astrologer
Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250s–1300), Italian (Florentine) poet and friend of Dante
Guido delle Colonne (fl. 1287), Italian writer and contemporary of Dante
Guido I da Montefeltro (1223–1298), advisor to Pope Boniface VIII
Guido di Pietro (c. 1395–1455), Italian Renaissance painter better known as Fra Angelico
Guido of Pisa (d. 1169), Italian geographer
Guido of Siena, 13th-century Italian painter
Guido II of Spoleto (died 882), Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino
Guy III of Spoleto (died 895), King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor

Later use

Guido Alvarenga (born 1970), Paraguayan footballer
Guido Andreozzi (born 1991), Argentine tennis player
Guido Barreyro (born 1988), Argentine footballer
Guido Beck (1903–1988), Argentine physicist
Guido de Bres (1522–1567), Belgian pastor, theologian, author of Belgic Confession
Guido Buchwald (born 1961) German footballer
Guido Buscaglia (born 1996), Argentine swimmer
Guido Cagnacci (1601–1663), Italian painter
Guido Calabresi (born 1932), American judge and former Dean of Yale Law School
Guido Calza (1888–1946) Italian archaeologist
Guido Cannetti (born 1979), Argentine mixed martial artist
Guido Cantelli (1920–1956), Italian orchestral conductor
Guido Cantz (born 1971), German television presenter
Guido Carrillo (born 1991), Argentine footballer
Guido Castelnuovo (1865–1952), Italian mathematician
Guido Corteggiano (born 1987), Argentine footballer
Guido Cortese (1908–1964), Italian lawyer and politician
Guido Dal Casón (born 1993), Argentine footballer
Guido Deiro (1886–1950), Italian-born vaudeville piano-accordionist
Guido Di Fonzo (born 1996), Argentine footballer
Guido di Tella (1931–2001), Argentine businessman, academic and diplomat
Guido Di Vanni (born 1988), Argentine footballer
Guido Falaschi (1989–2011), Argentine racecar driver
Guido Fanconi (1892–1979), Swiss pediatrician
Guy Fawkes (later Guido Fawkes) (1570–1606), English Catholic who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot
Guido Fubini (1879–1943), Italian mathematician
Guido Gezelle (1830–1899), Flemish writer, poet and priest
Guido Gómez (born 1994), Italian footballer of Argentine descent
Guido Gorgatti (1919–2023), Argentine film actor
Guido Görtzen (born 1970), Dutch volleyball player
Guido Grandi (1671–1742), Italian priest and professor of mathematics
Guido Guerrini, (born 1976), Italian rally driver
Guido Herrera (born 1992), Argentine footballer
Guido Imbens (born 1963), Dutch-American economist
Guido Kaczka (born 1978), Argentine TV presenter
Guido Knopp (born 1946), German historian, journalist and producer of history documentaries
Guido Kratschmer (born 1953), German decathlete and former world record holder
Guido de Lavezaris (c. 1512 – c. 1581), Spanish Governor General of the Philippines
Guido von List (1848–1919), Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist
Guido Mainero (born 1995), Argentine footballer
Guido Mantega (born 1949), Italian-born Finance Minister of Brazil
Guido de Marco (1931–2010), Maltese politician, who served as the sixth President of Malta from 1999 to 2004
Guido Marini (born 1965), Italian Roman Catholic priest
Guido Migliozzi (born 1997), Italian golfer
Guido Milán (born 1987), Argentine footballer
Guido Mina di Sospiro, Argentine-born writer
Guido Morselli (1912–1973), Italian writer
Guido De Padt (born 1954), Belgian politician
Guido Palau, British hair stylist
Guido Pella (born 1990), Argentine tennis player
Guido Petti (born 1994), Argentine rugby union player
Guido Pizarro (born 1990), Argentine footballer
Guido Rancez (born 1990), Argentine footballer
Guido Randisi (born 1989), Argentine rugby union footballer
Guido Ratto (born 1999), Argentine footballer
Guido Reni (1575–1642), Italian painter
Guido Reybrouck (born 1941), Belgian cyclist
Guido Rodríguez (born 1994), Argentine footballer
Guido Sandleris (born 1971), Argentine economist
Guido Stampacchia (1922–1978), Italian mathematician
Guido Vadalá (born 1997), Argentine footballer
Guido van Rossum (born 1956), Dutch programmer, creator of the Python programming language
Guido Vildoso (born 1937), Bolivian military officer and de facto president in 1982
Guido Volpi (born 1995), Argentine rugby union footballer
Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), German politician
Guido Wieland (1906-1993), Austrian actor

Family name

Beatriz Guido (1922–1988), Argentine novelist and screenwriter
José María Guido (1910–1975), president of Argentina between 1962 and 1963
Peggy Guido (1912–1994), also known as Peggy Piggott, English archaeologist and prehistorian
Tomás Guido (1788-1866), Argentine general, diplomat and politician
Sandor Guido (born 1978), Nicaraguan baseball player and coach

Fictional characters

Guido Mista, the gunman of Bucciarati's gang in part 5 of the manga, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Guido Anselmi, film director played by Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini's film 8 1/2
Commissario Guido Brunetti, the protagonist of Donna Leon's crime fiction series set in Venice, Italy
Father Guido Sarducci, fictional character portrayed by American comedian Don Novello
Guido Hatzis, a comic character created by Australian comedians Moclair and Schiller
Guido Carosella a.k.a. Strong Guy, a fictional mutant from the Marvel Comics universe
Guido, a character in the Cars franchise
Guido, a Microraptor gui character who appears in The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers and the TV episode "The Hermit of Black Rock"
Guido, a character in the Myth Adventures series created by Robert Asprin
Prince Guido (Russian: Gvidon), character from The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Alexander Pushkin
Guido il Cortese, the protagonist in Mary Shelley's short story "Transformation"
Guido, the killer pimp in Risky Business portrayed by Joe Pantoliano
Guido Anchovy, a main character from the animated cartoon series Samurai Pizza Cats
Guido Orefice, the main protagonist in the Italian comedy film Life Is Beautiful
Guido, right-hand man of primary antagonist Kromer in Canto III of video game Limbus Company

Other

Guido Fawkes , a British political website run by blogger Paul Staines

References

↑ Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
↑ "guide | Origin and meaning of guide by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com.
↑ "GUIDO | Meaning & Definition for UK English | Lexico.com". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022.
↑ Libby Copeland (6 July 2003). "Strutting Season". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

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[1] Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] "guide | Origin and meaning of guide by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com.

[3] "GUIDO | Meaning & Definition for UK English | Lexico.com". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022.

[4] Libby Copeland (6 July 2003). "Strutting Season". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

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