The Guye Family Name

Guye is how some branches of the Guy family came to write their name. Name scholars give the meaning as “Wood, or wide”.

• The extra “e” in Guye is a spelling habit rather than a different name.
• The 2010 census count for Guye in the United States was 351, good for rank 57,914. From 1891 to 2000, 226 births in France were registered under Guye.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Guye coat of arms

There is no single Guye family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Guye report, with a museum-style coat of arms.