Guy in my family tree
1: English: from a French form of the Germanic personal name Wido, of uncertain origin. It may be from the element reflected in Old High German witu, Old English widu, wudu wood, or else from that of Old High German wit, Old English wid wide. Whatever its origins, this name was popular among the Normans in the forms Wi, Why, as well as in the rest of France in the form Guy; both versions are reflected in the English variants. 2: English: occupational name for a guide, Old French gui (a derivative of gui(d)er to guide, of Germanic origin). 3: Jewish: of unknown origin.
Variants: Guye, Gye, Why, Whye, Wye; Guyon, Wyon (from the Old French oblique case).
Augmentatives: Italian: Ghidoni, Ghion, Ghione, Ghioni; Guidone, Guidoni.
Cognates: Catalan: Guiu. Flemish: Wyd. French: Guion, Guyon; Guitte (reborrowed from Germanic at a later date, when French no longer suppressed dental consonants between vowels); Guiton, Guitton; Vitte, Vuitte (Eastern France); Vitton, Vuitton. Italian: Ghio (Northern Italy); Guidi, Guido.
Diminutives: French: Guiet, Guiot, Guyet, Guyonneau, Guyonnet, Guyot; Guitel, Guitet, Guitonneau, Guittet; Vitet, Vittet, Vuittet. Italian: Ghidelli, Ghidetti, Ghidini, Ghidoli, Ghidotti, Ghiotti, Ghiotto (Lombardy, Emilia); Guidelli, Guidetti, Guidini, Guidotti, Guiducci, Guiduzzi. Hungarian: Vida.
Patronymics: English: Guys, Guyson.
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