Gustav

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English

Alternative forms

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."

Proper noun

Gustav (plural Gustavs)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

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Etymology

Derived from Swedish Gustav

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gustav m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Gustav

Declension

Declension of Gustav (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Gustav Gustavové
genitive Gustava Gustavů
dative Gustavovi, Gustavu Gustavům
accusative Gustava Gustavy
vocative Gustave Gustavové
locative Gustavovi, Gustavu Gustavech
instrumental Gustavem Gustavy

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gustav

  1. a male given name of Swedish origin

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav

Proper noun

Gustav

  1. a male given name of Swedish origin

Faroese

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav, from Old Swedish Gøtstaf

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gustav m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

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

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Gustav
accusative Gustav
dative Gustavi
genitive Gustavs

German

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gustav

  1. a male given name from Swedish

Norwegian

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav

Proper noun

Gustav

  1. a male given name of Swedish origin

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish Gøtstaf, from Old Norse Gautr (“Geats”) +‎ 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."

Pronunciation

Interjection

Gustav

  1. The letter "G" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

Gustav c (genitive Gustavs)

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

  • Royal name, and popular given name in Sweden since the sixteenth century.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Gustav
  • French: Gustave
  • Latin: Gustavus

References

  • https://www.alltomnamn.se/namn/gustav
  • 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.

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