Guiot

Guiot or Guyot is an Old French name, an augmentative of Guy.[1][2] It may also be related to the root guille, meaning deception or silliness.[3]

People with the given name

  • Guiot de Dijon (fl. 1215–25), Burgundian trouvère
  • Guiot or Guyot du Repaire (1755–1818), French Army general
  • Guiot de Provins (fl. 1180–1208), French poet and trouvère

People with the surname

gollark: I am *not* joking about considering "anti-advertising" things anticompetitive and thus bad.
gollark: (To clarify, this is sarcastic)
gollark: I love your dismissal of all criticism as either hate or trolling.
gollark: The ones I frequent seem to be pretty okay with *relevant* ones, or at the worst DMing people if they ask.
gollark: Also retention issues, which we are investigating solutions for.

See also

References

  1. Wareing Endell Bardsley, Charles (1901). A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. H. Frowde. p. 342. Retrieved 15 March 2019 via Google Books.
  2. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (17 November 2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 1155. ISBN 9780192527479. Retrieved 15 March 2019 via Google Books.
  3. Markale, Jean (1 April 1999). The Grail: The Celtic Origins of the Sacred Icon. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781620554715. Retrieved 15 March 2019 via Google Books.
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