Given name & surname

Wido

“a warrior maiden”

Wido is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a warrior maiden.”

Original GermanVeit

Meaning & origin

What it means

One German interpretation is “a warrior maiden.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is German.

How it developed

From Proto-West Germanic *Widō.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wido’s family of names

In Old Dutch usage, Wido shares a linguistic root with the French form Guy. In German usage, Wido has a related form in Veit. In Old Dutch usage, Wido shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Guido.

Walk Wido’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Wido has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

German

Germanwhere Wido comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Wido, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

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German

Wittler

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German

Winings

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German

Wiss

Wiss is a surname from German.

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German

Wirtz

Wirtz is a surname from German.

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German

Wendorf

Wendorf is a surname from German.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Wido’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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