Gui
Meaning
“A Portuguese short form of Guilherme, the equivalent of William; famously borne by Gui Khury, the Brazilian skater who landed the first 1080 on a vert ramp.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Gui does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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Popularity in Brazil
198 people · the #25,581 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 42
Among people named Gui living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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