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Although it is an actual name with Italian roots, a literal translation of Guido means "I drive" (coming from the first-person singular form of the verb "guidare", which means "to drive" in Italian).
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Guido (pronounced "GWIDO" is a Flemish name from old Germanic origin. It originaly means "consecrated". Other Flemish forms are: GWIDO, GWIJDE. In the 11th century, a Flemish Earl called: GWIDO from Dampierre was very involved in the independence of Flanders from France.
There was a 10th-century saint: H. Guido of Anderlecht (near Brussels - Catholic nameday: September 12) H. Guido died in 1012 from flu, after a second pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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There was a 10th-century saint: H. Guido of Anderlecht (near Brussels - Catholic nameday: September 12) H. Guido died in 1012 from flu, after a second pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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