Guido
/ˈɡwiːdoʊ/noun
A masculine given name of Italian origin, derived from a Germanic name meaning “wood” or “forest.”
Did you know?The name Guido was famously borne by Guido d’Arezzo, the medieval music theorist whose teaching syllables helped give us modern solfège.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*widuz
“Wood or forest”
Early Germanic
Old High German
Wito / Wido
“A personal name formed from the word for wood or forest”
8th–10th Century
Latin
Wido / Guido
“Latinized forms of the Germanic personal name”
11th Century
Italian
Guido
“Italian masculine given name”
13th Century
Italian
Guido
“Established literary and personal name, notably borne by the poet Guido Cavalcanti”
Modern English
English
Guido
“An Italian masculine given name; in some American slang, an ethnic stereotype referring to an Italian-American man”