Name: Gustav
Gender: Male
Usage: Gustav is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Gustav are in general originating from Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Gustav across the world, see Gusti.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Gustav is: Stave of the Goths, Staff of god.
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Numerology of the first name Gustav: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Gustav is ranked on the 3,204th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 110000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Gustav has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Gustav for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, also spelled Gustaf, is a male given name of Old Swedish origin, possibly meaning "staff of the Geats", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr ("Geat") and stafr ("staff"). Another etymology speculates that the name may have a Slavic origin, through Swedish, from "Gostislav", a compound word from Old Slavic "Gost'" ("guest") and "slava" ("glory"). This name has been borne by eight Kings of Sweden, including the 16th-century Gustav Vasa and the current king, Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa.
The name has entered other languages as well. In French it is Gustave; in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, Gustavo. The Latinised form is Gustavus. A side form of the name in Swedish is Gösta. The name in Finnish is Kustaa.
In Danish, Norwegian and German it is written the same as the above mentioned Swedish varieties. In Icelandic and Faroese it is written Gústav or Gústaf.
Scandinavian: from an Old Norse personal name composed of the tribal name Gautr + the element stafr staff. According to some scholars this name is of Slavonic origin (cf. Dagmar), and originally had the form Gostislav or Goslav. It has been borne by various kings of Sweden, beginning with Gustav Vasa (?1496–1560), who was elected king in 1523 after freeing Sweden from Danish rule.
Variants: Gustavus (Latinized). Swedish: Gustaf, Gösta.
Cognates: French: Gustave (used also occasionally in the English-speaking world). Finnish: Kustaa, Kyösti. Dutch: Gustaaf, Staaf.
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