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Guy (/ ɡ aɪ / ghy, French:) is a masculine given name derived from an abbreviated version of a Germanic name that began either with witu, meaning wood, or wit, meaning wide. In French, the letter w became gu and the name became Gy or Guido.
This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use.The study of place names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Bayesian analysis of UK place-names; A key to English place-names from the Institute for Name Studies, Nottingham; University of Wales Place-name Research Centre; Place-names and the Scots language: the marches of lexical and onomastic research
Origin uncertain. Folk Etymology has it as "dwelling place of Melyn". Sutherland: Old Norse: Southern territory. The Gaelic name for the region today is Cataibh ("among the Cats"), which refers to the same tribe that Caithness takes its name from, and was originally the name for both Caithness and Sutherland together. West Lothian
Etymology [ edit ] A number of rival theories explain how the term Geordie came about, though all accept that it derives from a familiar diminutive form of the name George , [ 24 ] "a very common name among the pitmen" [ 1 ] [ 25 ] (coal miners) in North East England; indeed, it was once the most popular name for eldest sons in the region.
Guy is a French and English surname.Notable people with the surname include: Athol Guy (born 1940), Australian musician; Barry Guy (born 1947), British composer; Billy Guy (1936–2002), American singer
Until roughly Tudor times, the Scudamore/Scudemore surname, of which Skidmore is a variant, was mainly associated with a few aristocratic families in Herefordshire (at Rowlstone, Ewyas Harold and Holme Lacy), and also in Gloucestershire (at Westerleigh), Wiltshire (Upton Scudamore), and Hertfordshire (at Rickmansworth).
Guy I de Balliol (died before 1130 × 1133), established lordship in northern England in 1090s; Bernard I de Balliol (died 1154 x 1162), nephew of Guy; Guy II de Balliol (died early 1160s x 1167), son of Bernard; Bernard II de Balliol (died c. 1190), brother of above; Eustace de Balliol (died c. 1209), cousin of above; Hugh de Balliol (died ...