Guido

Guido is a given name Latinised from the Old High German name Wido.^[1] It originated in Medieval Italy. Guido later became a male first name in Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland. The meaning of the name is debated, with various sources indicating the Germanic "Wido" means "wood" and others connecting the Italian form "Guido" to the latinate root for "guide".^[2]

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 behavior.^[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 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 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 Calza (1888–1946) Italian archaeologist
• Guido Cantelli (1920–1956), Italian orchestral conductor
• Guido Cantz (born 1971), German television presenter
• Guido Castelnuovo (1865–1952), Italian mathematician
• Guido de Bres (1522–1567), Belgian pastor, theologian, author of Belgic Confession
• 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 Imbens (b. 1963), Dutch American economist
• 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. 1512 – c. 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 Migliozzi (b. 1997), Italian golfer
• 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 Stampacchia (1922–1978), Italian mathematician
• Guido van Rossum (b. 1956), Dutch programmer, creator of the Python programming language
• Guido Vildoso (b. 1937), General Guido Hernán Vildoso Calderón (born 5 April 1937, La Paz, Bolivia) is a former officer in the Military of Bolivia and de facto President of Bolivia in 1982
• Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany
• Guido Wieland (1906-1993), Austrian actor
• Guy Fawkes (later Guido Fawkes) (1570–1606), English Catholic who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot

Family name[]

• José María Guido (1910–1975), president of Argentina between 1962 and 1963.
• Tomás Guido (1788-1866), Argentine general, diplomat and politician.

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, 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, main protagonist in the Italian comedy film Life Is Beautiful

Other[]

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

See also[]

• Guideschi
• List of Latinised names

References[]

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