After the European conquest, the historical nucleus was named as "Villa de Guía", simplifying as "Guía", and it remained that way throughout the colonial period, until the 19th century. Already in the 19th century begins to predominate the denomination of "Guia de Gran Canaria", within a stream of administrative modernization and especially to differentiate it from other homonymous populations such as Guía de Isora, on the island of Tenerife.