Given name & surname

Guyon

“a lively man”

Guyon is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a lively man.”

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Meaning & origin

What it means

One English interpretation is “a lively man.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is English.

How it developed

From French Guyon.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

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Guyon through the years

Babies since 1880: 10; 10 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year: 1958; 5 babies
2025: 0; Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20: —; Too few births to compare

Guyon in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1958–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 562 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Guyon’s family of names

In French usage, Guyon has a related form in GUION. In French usage, Guyon has a related form in GUION. In Middle French usage, Guyon continues an earlier form in GUION.

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Around the world

Guyon has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.

Englishwhere Guyon comes from · 1 name

Guion

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Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Guyon

Guyon FernandezDutch professional footballerborn 1986

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