Guy (given name)

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nameGuy
imageFile:Guy of Warwick - British Library Royal MS 15 E vi f227r (detail).jpg
captionGuy of Warwick as a courtier and pilgrim; detail of a miniature from BL Royal MS 15 E vi, f. 227r (the "Talbot Shrewsbury Book"). Held and digitised by the British Library.
genderMasculine
meaningEither wood or wide
languageFrench version of an old German name
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|name = Guy |image = File:Guy of Warwick - British Library Royal MS 15 E vi f227r (detail).jpg |caption = Guy of Warwick as a courtier and pilgrim; detail of a miniature from BL Royal MS 15 E vi, f. 227r (the "Talbot Shrewsbury Book"). Held and digitised by the British Library. |gender = Masculine |meaning = Either wood or wide |region = |language = French version of an old German name Guy ( , ) is a masculine given name derived from an abbreviated version of a Germanic name that began either with witu, meaning wood, or wit, meaning wide. In French, the letter w became gu and the name became Guy, Gui or Guido. In Latin, the name was written as Wido. It was a popular name in Normandy and was used in England as well after the Norman Conquest. The name was popularized by romantic ballads about the dragon-slaying, giant-fighting folk hero Guy of Warwick. Guy Fawkes and the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot later made the name synonymous with treachery in England. Effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned every year on Guy Fawkes Night in the United Kingdom. By the early 19th century, the tradition led to Guy being a term in England for a poorly dressed man. In the United States, guy became slang for an everyman. Its use for characters by Sir Walter Scott in the 1815 novel Guy Mannering and by Charlotte Yonge in her 1853 novel The Heir of Redclyffe popularized the name in the United States. In recent years, Guy Fawkes masks have symbolized resistance to tyranny. {{cite web | url= https://omaha.com/lifestyles/cleveland-evans-the-romantic-and-rebellious-history-of-guy/article_4a64bdbe-fab0-11eb-89da-f3236f5eeb8b.html | title= Cleveland Evans: The romantic — and rebellious — history of Guy | last= Evans | first= Cleveland Kent | date= 15 August 2021 | website= omaha.com | publisher= Omaha World Herald | access-date= 29 December 2023 | quote = }} Unrelated to this, Guy is also an Anglicization of the Hebrew name , which means "ravine".

Usage

Guy was among the top 1,000 names for boys in the United States between 1880 and 2006 and was among the top 100 names for American boys between 1880 and 1901. It was among the 1,000 most popular names for boys in France between 1900 and 1990 and was a top 100 name for French boys between 1906 and 1970. It has been among the top 1,000 names for boys in the United Kingdom since 1996.{{cite web | url = https://www.behindthename.com/name/guy-1 | title = Guy | last =Campbell | first =Mike | date = | website = www.behindthename.com | publisher = Behind the Name | access-date = 29 December 2023 | quote = }}

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References

  1. (2006). "Oxford Dictionary of First Names". Oxford University Press.
  2. (2018-01-30). "Appendix:Hebrew given names - Wiktionary". En.wiktionary.org.

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