Gustav

Teutonic

"staff of the Goths"

Gustav Origin and Meaning

The name Gustav is a boy's name meaning "staff of the Goths".

Gray-bearded name heard primarily in Sweden and Germany.

Gustav Rank in US Top 1000

# 902 in the US

Popularity of the name Gustav

• 1586 Nameberry 2023
• 172 Germany 2016
• 66 Sweden 2024
• 25 Norway 2024

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Famous People Named Gustav

• Gustav I Vasa King of Sweden, whose reign marked the end of the Kalmar Union and the beginning of Swedish independence
• Gustav II Adolf aka Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden, praised military leader during the Thirty Year War
• Gustav III King of Sweden, who highly influenced the arts of Sweden during the Neo,Classical era
• Gustav IV Adolf King of Sweden
• Charles X Gustav King of Sweden
• Gustav Klimt Austrian Symbolist painter
• Gustav Mahler Austrian composer and conductor
• Gustav Åbergsson Swedish stage actor
• Gustav Bertha Scottish singer,songwriter
• Gustav A. Fischer German explorer
• Gustav Fröhlich German actor
• Gustav Haggren singer/songwriter in the Swedish band Gustav and the Seasick Sailors
• Gustav A. Hedlund American mathematician
• Gustav Heinse (born Josef Klein) Bulgarian poet of Austrian origin
• Gustav Ludwig Hertz German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Gustav Heynhold German botanist
• Gustav Holst British composer
• Gustav Kirchhoff German physicist
• Gustav Leonhardt Dutch musician
• Heinrich Gustav Magnus German chemist and physicist
• Gustav Meyrink Austrian novelist
• Gustav Nezval Czech actor
• Gustav Schäfer drummer of the German rock band Tokio Hotel
• Gustav A. Schneebeli U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Gustav Spörer German astronomer
• Gustav Vigeland Norwegian sculptor
• Gustav Wood singer in British rock band Young Guns
• Gustav C. Brunn creator of Old Bay Seasoning
• Gustav Elijah Åhr aka Lil Peep American,Swedish rapper
• Gustav Per Fredrik Engvall Swedish international footballer
• Gustav "Gus" Phillips (b. 2009) son of American actress Julie Bowen
• Carl Gustav Jung Swiss psychiatrist

The name Gustav in Pop Culture

• Gustav Patton "Gus" Griswald character from animated series Recess
• Gustav (Zoids) transportation mecha from the Zoids fictional universe
• Gustav Graves villain in the James Bond series

International Variations of the name Gustav

• Gusti Czech
• Gustik Czech
• Gustaff Dutch
• Gustavus Latvian
• Gustavo Spanish
• Gustaaf Dutch
• Gusty Czech
• Gustave Polish
• Gusztav Hungarian
• Kustaa Finnish
• Gustaof Danish
• Kyösti Finnish
• Tavo Spanish
• Staff Dutch
• Kosti Finnish
• Kusti Finnish
• Tabo Spanish