Guido Forename
2,839th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 367,052 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Vatican City
Guido Forename Definition:
This Italian ‘shape’ of Guy has occasionally been used in England as a doublet of that name.
Guido Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 125,585 | 1:486 | 104 |
| Germany | 100% | 61,887 | 1:1,562 | 293 |
| Belgium | 100% | 26,861 | 1:428 | 88 |
| Ecuador | - | 18,430 | 1:962 | 193 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 14,948 | 1:1,131 | 248 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 13,768 | 1:770 | 194 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12,177 | 1:675 | 153 |
| Peru | 100% | 11,562 | 1:2,750 | 497 |
| Brazil | 100% | 11,492 | 1:18,642 | 1,758 |
| Argentina | 99% | 11,302 | 1:3,785 | 382 |
| Chile | 100% | 10,061 | 1:1,750 | 278 |
| Colombia | 100% | 7,690 | 1:6,213 | 663 |
| United States | 100% | 7,556 | 1:47,980 | 2,733 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5,315 | 1:1,362 | 338 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,374 | 1:1,413 | 277 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3,147 | 1:9,597 | 1,035 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,175 | 1:5,228 | 928 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,763 | 1:18,794 | 1,749 |
| Cuba | - | 1,690 | 1:6,809 | 636 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,489 | 1:7,006 | 926 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,328 | 1:6,411 | 511 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,260 | 1:204,733 | 19,689 |
| Philippines | 100% | 996 | 1:106,435 | 5,842 |
| France | 100% | 961 | 1:69,168 | 1,816 |
| Spain | 100% | 822 | 1:56,606 | 2,144 |
| Poland | 100% | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Mexico | 100% | 739 | 1:167,990 | 3,285 |
| England | 100% | 711 | 1:78,204 | 3,197 |
| Estonia | 100% | 508 | 1:2,589 | 510 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Australia | - | 453 | 1:30,149 | 1,792 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 425 | 1:37,902 | 1,497 |
| Thailand | 100% | 387 | 1:181,049 | 12,418 |
| Uganda | 100% | 372 | 1:110,099 | 4,829 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 322 | 1:10,645 | 774 |
| South Africa | 99% | 321 | 1:169,884 | 11,515 |
| Egypt | 100% | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| DR Congo | 87% | 274 | 1:269,444 | 11,005 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Panama | 100% | 181 | 1:21,583 | 2,086 |
| Benin | 100% | 177 | 1:59,751 | 4,426 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Croatia | 100% | 158 | 1:26,690 | 1,240 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 157 | 1:3,593 | 447 |
| Honduras | 100% | 153 | 1:57,631 | 2,463 |
| Malta | - | 131 | 1:3,278 | 529 |
| Cameroon | 70% | 122 | 1:177,135 | 7,800 |
| Sweden | 100% | 121 | 1:81,470 | 3,702 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Burkina Faso | 93% | 113 | 1:162,650 | 7,733 |
| Senegal | 91% | 113 | 1:129,039 | 3,246 |
| San Marino | 100% | 89 | 1:370 | 103 |
| El Salvador | - | 82 | 1:77,339 | 1,905 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 80 | 1:659,854 | 16,646 |
| Finland | 100% | 73 | 1:75,112 | 2,063 |
| Scotland | 99% | 61 | 1:87,711 | 2,176 |
| Denmark | - | 57 | 1:99,114 | 2,869 |
| Niger | 63% | 50 | 1:383,680 | 8,574 |
| Norway | 100% | 50 | 1:102,647 | 3,293 |
| Japan | - | 46 | 1:2,782,306 | 22,277 |
| Greece | 100% | 42 | 1:260,346 | 4,693 |
| Albania | 100% | 36 | 1:84,627 | 6,263 |
| China | - | 35 | 1:39,030,165 | 61,639 |
| India | 100% | 33 | 1:36,814,484 | 702,984 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 33 | 1:74,508 | 2,511 |
| Israel | 100% | 32 | 1:262,591 | 7,098 |
| Ireland | 100% | 31 | 1:149,791 | 3,159 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 30 | 1:1,262 | 255 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Singapore | - | 22 | 1:285,775 | 9,352 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 21 | 1:1,449,997 | 46,053 |
| Hungary | 100% | 20 | 1:489,589 | 1,828 |
| Latvia | - | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| Monaco | 100% | 19 | 1:2,025 | 405 |
| Hong Kong | - | 18 | 1:430,707 | 4,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 17 | 1:1,357,408 | 36,328 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Wales | 100% | 16 | 1:193,394 | 3,524 |
| Belize | 100% | 15 | 1:23,621 | 2,493 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Czechia | 100% | 14 | 1:761,154 | 3,032 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Russia | 100% | 12 | 1:12,019,475 | 42,911 |
| Lebanon | 80% | 10 | 1:562,757 | 6,675 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Cape Verde | - | 7 | 1:75,593 | 2,885 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 6 | 1:1,358,719 | 89,225 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Güido (25) & Guidó (10) are calculated separately.
Guido (50,016) may also be a surname.
Guido Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This Italian ‘shape’ of Guy has occasionally been used in England as a doublet of that name.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: A guide.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Guido Forename Popularity
Guido Demographics
Guido Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sample size: 5 (2014)
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Phonetically Similar Names
Guido Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guido in the Russian language | ||
| Гуидо | guido | - |
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