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It would probably be more popular if the word Guy wasn't so widely used.

"Hi, my name is Bloke".

This name is very manly!

It's absolutely handsome. It sounds manly in my opinion. It's just cool :D.

Really ugly and dumb.

I actually really like this name. It's sweet, short and simple. It reminds me of a cool, laidback, easygoing type of dude who loves to laugh and lives in the moment.
I think Guy is an awesome name.

I find gender funny, and would love to be named Guy as a prank and a joke, A+ name if I had to give it a grade. A bit confusing in familiar or group situations, but sometimes you gotta throw a bit of mystery and jazz into everyday life, and maybe you're just the Guy to do it.

Very ugly and silly.

This name is stupid. Why would you want to name your son a generic term for a boy/man? I also have a cousin called Guy who is a complete nutjob.

Oh dear, somehow this crappy name does exist on this website.

I really like this name, pronounced GIE. It's so basic but original too.

A classic, straightforward name that still works really well. I know a guy named Guy who wears it well. There's a difference between the use of the word guy and use of the proper name Guy. Never heard him complain, or anyone confuse him, or his name in any scenario or topic. At least not anything worth noting.

Really dumb name.

A guy named Guy.

This is the most masculine name ever.

I love the name Guy, both in French and English, especially the English version. It's my favourite name for a boy and am very intrigued by it, so I don't find its colloquial term an issue because it has Zen appeal, and I definitely have a Zen fascination.

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The French version of Guy dates back to the 10th century and the English version to the 11th century. It's been shared by aristocracy, several saints and a diversified list of classic literary characters, with not so favourable and very favourable personalities.

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Within the mid-19th century, it gradually took on a colloquial term for males. As with many names, its popularity varied from century to century and decade to decade but never lost its use as a first name.

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Nonetheless, gender-specific names are not at all unusual; in fact, many well-known and not so well-known names are gender specific, which in some cultures/languages, are classic names that have made their way into the English language, with some having experienced much popularity. The name Adam is one belonging to this group, where in the language of certain countries where it's used, the word adam is also used to denote a man.

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The name Guy gained popularity in many countries around the world where it continues to be used. In English-speaking countries it last held a particular popularity throughout the 1950s-'60s. Today it's presently most popular in the UK and would be nice to see this name make another revival.

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One thing's for sure, it may appear simply colloquial but it's actually much more. It's a simple, understated, one syllable classic name with a whole lot of substance, history and Zen appeal. I'm sure many Guys around the globe could wear and pull off this awesome name equally well. Go Guy!

Guy as a name is kinda interesting. It’s so simple and it defines a male person, more so for a grown man, so it would sound harsh on a little boy. Although it does sound a little tacky and it does sound like the parents were too lazy to come up with a real name, but I don’t hate the name Guy. This is hilarious.
“Hey Guy!” “This Guy, Guy!” “Guy is a Guy!”. Guy is so unique as a name but not too kre8ev, I kinda like it for a girl too, or is that ironic? You wouldn’t use the name Guy on a female. It’s still a cute name.

I actually like this name.

As a person with the name Guy I feel compelled to offer that people with the name Guy tend to be assholes. Here are just a few examples:

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Guy Fawkes - Revolutionary Asshole.
Guy Gardner (Green Lantern) - Superhero Asshole
Guy Montag (Ferenheit 451) - Book Burning Asshole.
Sir Guy of Gisborn (Robin Hood's Nemesis) - Medieval Asshole.

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Based on this data I can project with some certainty that I'm probably an asshole.

As a person with the name Guy, I can say that I do like the name very much. As a child, not so much, but grew to like it as I got older and traveled more. It's actually fairly popular with Italian Americans as a shorted form of Gaetano. It's also more popular in England, France and Quebec, Canada. As being confused with the American only, generic "Guy", I've never encountered a problem distinguishing the two. In fact, it was only not too worldly and simple people who confused the differences. How dumb can you get if a person thinks that the generic form of Guy for gender came before the actual name? As I got older, I appreciated the distinction of having a strong and uncommon name that hardly anyone forgets. Many have commented to me how much they like the name over the years, especially overseas where I now live. Many people think it's a "cool" name.

Having grown up with the name Guy, I have to agree that when someone says "hey guys" or something I do instinctively turn round. As a child, the worst thing about the name was that the only Guys that people had heard of were Fawkes and Gisbourne, and possibly Burgess the spy, not the sort of characters a boy wants to be associated with. My only popular namesake was a gorilla in London zoo. It was a name long before it was a generic word, and before a name with a non biblical Hebrew origin would be used in Europe, to correct some commenters. In light of my experiences, in the first two decades of my life, I wouldn't advise parents to give a child this name, although there are many that are even worse.

This name is bound to cause a lot of confusion...

Far too minimalist to have as an independent name, even if the pronunciation is GEE. It's not too bad as a nickname for Guido though.

I don't understand how this even became a name. It's just a word to refer to men. It is way too dull to be an actual first name to me.

This name is like naming your kid, kid.

I agree so much with you. Who would name their guy kid, Guy?

Not a fan of titles as names
If Guy is a name then what about girl or woman etc?

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Guy is just an utterly dumb name. We know that your child may be male. No need to point that out, given that his name is his gender

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Very silly!

I think this name is badass and awesome. ;D.

I like it because it's really simple, I wish "Man" and "Boy" were also names, while "Dude" sounds too informal, so not that one. I wish a lot of words were names, actually. As long as a name doesn't sound like a made up word it can't sound trashy, unless your first name is something like Money or Hot, but yeah.

This name sounds really, really, really better in French. In English is like naming someone "Boy" or "Man", IMO.

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Worst if this Guy called Guy had a sister called Gal! :P.

It is so basic people don't want to use it! It's fine, a lot of people are under the impression that Guy as a name is like naming someone "human". It's a basic short simple name. We don't say "the average Guy" we say average Person or average Joe. I will consider this for a son in the future.

Given its present colloquial meaning, this is a very unfortunate name for anyone. It's like being named "Boy" or "Car".

I always found this name unappealing. It's used too much as a generic word for person.

Naming a guy Guy will only result in two things. Every time anyone says "hey guys" or anything like that he will always turn around. Also the only guys I've ever known have not been particularly manly.

My dad's name is Guy. I think it is cool because I've only met one other person named Guy. The down side is spelled backwards its Yug. He doesn't particularly like this nickname.

I married the best "Guy" of all! I think it is a very strong name & suits both a child & adult. We also gave this name to my son as his middle name.

This name sounds weird in English, as saying, for instance, ''he's just an average guy'', is not the same as saying ''he's just an average Joe'' or whatever, as it's supposed to be the noun for a man or a boy, not a name that gets to represent, well, the average guy. Or whatever.

There was a boy in my third year of elementary school in California in 1983 named Guy, so I immediately appreciated it and went on to notice it was a rare name. Then, in the northeast (NJ), some ignorant components of the population would call Italian-Americans "guidos" and "guidettes, sometimes in a positive sense, sometimes in a negative sense. As an Italian-American from California, I chose to view this in the positive sense and have since left NJ (thank God).
As destiny will have it, I went on to marry the best man on this earth whose name is Guido. So, in my opinion, Guy, Guido, are EXCELLENT NAMES FOR MEN!