Male name
Guy
2,669 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 8.
Origin
From Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz; see for example modern German Witold and Old Saxon Widukind. Cognate with Italian Guido and thus a doublet of Guido. More at wood.From Wiktionary, entry “Guy”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 203 births. 2,669 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. It is still given: 126 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1957: 2,311 births. 91,102 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1920s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. At its peak, it ranked 65th among boys' names in 1892. It is still given: 571 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1973: 5 births. 97 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1970s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 15 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 265,855 | 1900–2025 | 11th in 1937 |
| Switzerland | 1,904* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 653 | 1980–2025 | 86th in 1980 |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
7 + 3 + 7 = 17 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
3 = 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
7 + 7 = 14 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 7 · reflection, inner life, seeking
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.