Gustav (name)
Gustav, also spelled Gustaf (/ˈɡʊstɑːv/, Swedish: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav]), is a male given name of likely Old Swedish origin, used mainly in Scandinavian countries, German-speaking countries, and the Low Countries, possibly meaning "staff of the Geats or Goths or gods", possibly derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr ("Geats"), Gutar/Gotar ("Goths") or goð ōs ("gods"), and stafr ("staff"). Another etymology speculates that the name may be of Medieval Slavic origin, from the name Gostislav, a compound word for "glorious guest", from the Medieval Slavic words gosti ("guest") and slava ("glory") and was adopted by migrating groups north and west into Germany and Scandinavia. 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 it is Gustavo. The Latinised form is Gustavus. A side form of the name in Swedish is Gösta. The name in Finnish is Kustaa, while in Icelandic it is written Gústav or Gústaf.
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| Gender | Male |
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| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic or Slavic |
| Meaning | "gods staff" or "famous guest" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | August, Gustaf, Gustavo, Gistav, Gostislav, Gustl |
People
- Gustav I, king of Sweden whose reign marked the end of the Kalmar Union and the beginning of Swedish independence; founder of the Vasa dynasty
- Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden, praised military leader during the Thirty Year War, sometimes referred to as the "Father of modern warfare" or "The Lion of the North"
- Gustav III, who highly influenced the arts of Sweden during the Neo-Classical era and who temporarily reinstated absolute monarchy
- Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
- Gustaf V
- Gustaf VI Adolf
- Karl X Gustav, King of Sweden
- Carl XVI Gustaf, current king of Sweden
- Gustav Åbergsson, Swedish stage actor
- Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet
- Gustavo Charif, writer, visual artist and film director
- Gustav Adolf Barthel, German painter
- Gustav Bauerfeind (1848–1904), German painter famous for his Orientalist paintings
- Gustav Bertha, Scottish singer-songwriter
- Gustave Biéler, Swiss-born Canadian Special Operations Executive agent during World War II *Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian Singer
- Gustave Colin (1814–1880), French politician.
- Gustave-Henri Colin (1828–1910), French painter.
- Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, scientist for whom the Coriolis effect is named
- Gustaf Dalén, Swedish inventor and Nobel Prize laureate
- Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator
- Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, designer of the Eiffel Tower
- Gustav Fechner (1801–1887), German philosopher, physicist, and scientist
- Gustav A. Fischer, German explorer
- Gustave Flaubert, French writer best known for Madame Bovary
- Gustave Moreau, French painter
- Gustaf Fröding, Swedish author and poet
- Gustav Fröhlich, German actor
- Gustaf Gründgens, German actor
- Gustav Hamel, pioneer aviator
- Gustav A. Hedlund, US-American mathematician
- Gustav Heinse (real name Josef Klein), Bulgarian poet of Austrian origin
- Gustav A. Hemwall, US-American physician and pioneer in Prolotherapy
- Gustav Henriksen, Norwegian businessman
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
- Gustav Heynhold (1800–1860), German botanist
- Gustav Holst, British composer
- Gustáv Husák, President of Czechoslovakia
- Gustav Karoly Igler (1842–1908), German painter
- Gustav Jäger (naturalist) (1832–1917), German naturalist and doctor
- Gustav Jaeger (painter) (1808–1871), German painter
- Gustav Jäger (physicist) (1865–1938), Austrian physicist and lecturer
- Gustav Jäger (writer) (1815–1875), Austrian alpinist and writer
- Carl Gustav Jung, psychoanalyst and father of analytical psychology
- Gustav Maria Jaeger (1835–1851), Austrian painter, engraver and lithographer
- Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and black-body radiation
- Gustav Klimt, Austrian Symbolist painter of the Vienna Secession
- Gustav Knittel, German Waffen-SS officer and convicted war criminal
- Gustav Knuth, German actor
- Gustav Landauer, German anarchist philosopher
- Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer, inventor and entrepreneur
- Gustave Le Bon, French psychologist, sociologist, and physicist
- Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor
- Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist
- Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor
- Gustav Meyrink, Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker
- Gustaf Munthe, Swedish writer, art historian and art teacher
- Gustav Nezval, Czech actor
- Gustav Nyquist, Professional hockey player
- Gustav Otto, German aircraft and aircraft-engine designer and manufacturer
- Gustav Rochlitz (1889–1972), German art dealer.
- Gustav Schäfer drummer of the German rock band Tokio Hotel
- Gustav Schickedanz, German entrepreneur
- Gustav A. Schneebeli, U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania
- Gustav Schröder, German sea captain
- Gustav Schwarzenegger, Austrian police chief
- Gustaf Skarsgård, Swedish actor
- Gustav Spörer, German astronomer
- Gustav Stickley, American Furniture Maker, famous for inventing the Mission-Style of Craftsman furniture
- Gustav Sule, Estonian javelin thrower
- Gustavus von Tempsky, Anglo-Prussian explorer and adventurer in New Zealand Wars
- Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor
- Gustave Whitehead, German-American aviator
- Gustav Wood, Vocalist in British rock band Young Guns
- Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian president (1927–1930)
- Gustav Zeuner German physicist and engineer
- Gustáv Husák Slovak politician, president of Czechoslovakia
- Gustav Elijah Åhr (known as Lil Peep), American rapper and singer (1996-2017)
In fiction
- Gustav (Zoids), transportation mecha from the Zoids fictional universe
- Gustav Graves, villain in the James Bond series
Other uses
- Gustave (crocodile), a large Nile crocodile in Burundi
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