Gustav

Meaning

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Synonyms

Gustave

Translations

Gustav

Gustavo

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Gustaaf

Gustavo

Gustavo Gustavsson de Vasaborg

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Gustav Samuel Leopold

Γουσταύος

Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Etymology

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."