Guy (given name)
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Guy (given name)
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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 Gy 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 Gunpo
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Name list
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_(given_name)
date created:
2009-07-30T02:21:38Z
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2024-09-05T13:32:17Z
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