Guido
| Guido | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
Italian: [ˈɡwiːdo] German: [ˈɡiːdo] |
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Italian, Ancient Germanic |
| Meaning | Forest, Guide |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Guy |
Guido is a given name Latinised from the Old High German name Wido[1] that originated in Medieval Italy. Guido later became a male first name in Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland.
The given name Guy is the French variant of Guido.
People
Given name
- Medieval times
- Guido of Acqui (c. 1004–1070), bishop of Acqui, Italy
- Guido of Anderlecht (c. 950–1012), Belgian saint
- Guido of Arezzo (991/992–after 1033), Italian music theorist
- Guido Bonatti (died c.1298), Italian mathematician, astronomer and astrologer
- Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250/1259–1300), 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 de Bres (1522–1567), Belgian pastor, theologian, author of Belgic Confession
- Guido Buchwald (b. 1961) German footballer
- Guido Cagnacci (1601–1663), Italian painter
- Guido Calabresi (b. 1932), American judge and former Dean of Yale Law School
- Guido Cantelli (1920–1956), Italian orchestral conductor
- Guido Castelnuovo (1865–1952), Italian mathematician
- Guido Calza (1888–1946) Italian archaeologist
- Guido De Padt (born 1954), Belgian politician, Minister of the Interior
- Guido Deiro (1886–1950), Italian-born vaudeville piano-accordionist
- Guido Fanconi (1892–1979), Swiss pediatrician
- Guido Fubini (1879–1943), Italian mathematician
- Guido Gezelle (1830–1899), Flemish writer, poet and priest
- Guido Görtzen (born 1970), Dutch volleyball player
- Guido Grandi (1671–1742), Italian priest and professor of mathematics
- Guido Guerrini, (b. 1976), Italian rally driver
- Guido Knopp (b. 1946), German historian, journalist and producer of history documentaries
- Guido Kratschmer (b. 1953), German decathlete and former world record holder
- Guido de Lavezaris (c.1500–1581?), Spanish Governor General of the Philippines
- Guido von List (1848–1919), Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist
- Guido Mantega (b. 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 (b. 1965), Italian Roman Catholic priest, current Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations
- Guido Pella (b. 1990), Argentine tennis player
- Guido Quaroni (b. 1970), Italian computer modeller and animator at Pixar Studios
- Guido Reni (1575–1642), Italian painter
- Guido Reybrouck (born 1941), Belgian cyclist
- Guido van Rossum (b. 1956), Dutch programmer, creator of the Python programming language
- Guido Stampacchia (1922–1978), Italian mathematician
- Guido Kangur (b. 1956), Estonian actor
- Guido Westerwelle (1961-2016), Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany
- Guy Fawkes (later Guido Fawkes) (1570–1606), English Catholic who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot
- Paul Staines (b. 1967), a British political blogger going by the name "Guido Fawkes" after the above
Family name
- José María Guido (1910–1975), president of Argentina between 1962 and 1963
Fictional characters
- Guido Mista, the gunman of Buccellati'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, 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 (Cars), character from Pixar's animated films Cars (2006) and Cars 2 (2011)
- 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 (Russ.: 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
See also
References
- ↑ Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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