Family name origins & meanings
- Italian : patronymic or plural form of Guido.
- Italian : from a short form of a personal name formed with guida ‘guide’, for example the Tuscan names Bonaguida ‘good guide’ and Cacciaguida ‘hunting guide’.
- Italian : (Guidà) occupational name for a goatherd, from Greek aigidion ‘kid’. Compare the modern Greek surname Gidás.