Gustav

A royal name in Sweden, traditionally explained (even by Gustav I Vasa himself) as Swedish göt + staf "staff (=support) of the Geats (southern Swedes)". But there is no such name in Old Norse, and Gustav is more probably a Swedish rendering of Old Polish / north-west Slavic Gostislav, from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).

Gustav (plural Gustavs)

1. A male given name.

From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡustaf]

Gustav m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Gustav.

From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).

Gustav

1. A male given name of Swedish origin.

From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).

Gustav

1. A male given name of Swedish origin.

• Kusta, Kustas, Kustav

From Swedish Gustav, from Old Swedish Gøtstaf, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ,

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊs.tav/

Gustav m

1. A male given name.

Patronymics

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

From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).

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Gustav

1. A male given name of Swedish origin.

From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).

Gustav

1. A male given name of Swedish origin.

• Gustaf
• Göstaf (obsolete)

From Old Swedish Gøtstaf, possibly from Old Norse [Term?] Gautr ("Geats") and stafr ("staff") or Slavic (compare Old Polish Gościsław, Goscław, Czech Hostislav), from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”). First recorded as Swedish given name in 1521.

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

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• 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.