Baby name

FADING BOY · GERMANIC-ITALIAN
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Guido

/GWEE · doh/


“Wood and forest”

From Germanic 'widu' meaning wood or forest, or possibly from 'witu' meaning wide; musicologist Guido d'Arezzo invented the modern musical staff notation.

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How it ages.

Feels dated in Italy and Germany; carries some ironic use in the US but that is fading too.

The cultural moment.

Common in Italy through the mid-20th century; declining since the 1980s.