Guy is a boy's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 111 boys in the United States.
Guy belongs to the French tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Guy first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #65 in 1892, and in 2024 111 babies received the name — 90,529 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Guy is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Guy is a boy name. In 2024, 111 babies received the name in the US.
Guy comes from the French tradition.
Guy first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #65 in 1892, and 111 babies were given the name in 2024.
Guy is pronounced /ɡaɪ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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