Last name: GUY
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Last name frequency
GUY : This last name is indexed 797,877 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GUY : 1: English (of Norman origin) and French: from a common Old French personal name Guy from ancient Germanic Wido a short form of compound names based on the element wid(u) ‘wood forest’ Latinized as Guido.2: English (of Norman origin): alternatively an occupational name for a guide Old French gui (a derivative of gui(d)er ‘to guide’ of ancient Germanic origin).3: Altered form of French Guay.
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