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Help[Facts] What does Guidoni mean?
This name was borne by my 12th great-grandfather, Guidoni "Guy" Abbay, born in 1561 in Alne, Yorkshire.
I couldn't find out what it means, but I think it might be related to Wido, since it is very similar to Guido and he used Guy as a diminutive.
I couldn't find out what it means, but I think it might be related to Wido, since it is very similar to Guido and he used Guy as a diminutive.
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Can you tell more about the context where this name is found? Is the document where it appears written in English or Latin? What is the full sentence where it appears? It could by a Latin inflection of Guido (dative or ablative).
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It was surely a latinisation of Guy, which would’ve been his actual name. Latin was commonly used in records, while people were called by the vernacular form of their names.
Check this source to see the many ways in which the name Guy was recorded in England: https://dmnes.org/name/Guy
Check this source to see the many ways in which the name Guy was recorded in England: https://dmnes.org/name/Guy
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This board has the user-submitted name Guidone, defined as a variant of Guido and therefore said to mean 'wood', presumably the stuff that furniture is made of, rather than an area of wild trees, smaller than a forest.
How a name like that ended up in 16th-century Yorkshire, I can't imagine! But whoever wrote it down could easily have confused -e and -i as end letters: births, marriages and deaths often feature spelling errors.
How a name like that ended up in 16th-century Yorkshire, I can't imagine! But whoever wrote it down could easily have confused -e and -i as end letters: births, marriages and deaths often feature spelling errors.
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