Gustav

• Gustave, Gustavus

A common royal name in Sweden, from Old Swedish Gøtstaf, from Old Norse Gautr (“Geat/Goth”) +‎ stafr (“staff”). The oldest record in Sweden dates back to the year 1225 ("Gostauus"). In Peder Swart's chronicle about Gustav Vasa dated in the mid-1500s, the name is spelled Götstaff and is assumed to mean "Staff of the Geats."

Gustav (plural Gustavs)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Derived from Swedish Gustav

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡustaf]

Gustav m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Gustav

From Swedish Gustav

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔsˌtɑw]

Gustav

1. a male given name of Swedish origin

From Swedish Gustav

Gustav

1. a male given name of Swedish origin

• Kusta, Kustas, Kustav

From Swedish Gustav, from Old Swedish Gøtstaf

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊs.tav/

Gustav m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Gustav: Gustavsson
• daughter of Gustav: Gustavsdóttir

From Swedish Gustav

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Gustav

1. a male given name from Swedish

From Swedish Gustav

Gustav

1. a male given name of Swedish origin

• Gustaf

From Old Swedish Gøtstaf, from Old Norse Gautr (“Geats”) +‎ stafr (“staff”)

The oldest record in Sweden dates back to the year 1225 ("Gostauus"). In Peder Swart's chronicle about Gustav Vasa dated in the mid-1500s, the name is spelled Götstaff and is assumed to mean "Staff of the Geats."

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Gustav

1. The letter "G" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Gustav c (genitive Gustavs)

1. a male given name

• Royal name, and popular given name in Sweden since the sixteenth century.

• (male given names) Gösta
• (female given names) Gustava
• (surnames) Gustafsson, Gustavsson

• https://www.alltomnamn.se/namn/gustav
• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 80 029 males with the given name Gustav (compared to 43 816 named Gustaf) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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