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Origin:
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2459 famous people named Gustav found on Wikipedia.
4021 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
3451-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
242-th in year 1883
Used in: Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
Gustav , also spelled Gustaf, is a male given name of likely Old Swedish origin, used mainly in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and South Africa, possibly meaning "staff of the Geats or Goths or gods", possibly derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr ("Geats"), Gutar/Gotar ("Goths"), goð ōs ("gods") and the word 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 and in the Portuguese and Spanish language it is Gustavo. The Latinised form is Gustavus. A side form of the name in Swedish is Gösta. The name in Finnish is Kustaa. In Icelandic, it is written Gústav or Gústaf.
Combine of Gautr (goth) and stafr (staff). Means: staff of the Goths.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Gustav Klimt | 1862 | Austrian symbolist painter |
2 | Gustav Mahler | 1860 | Late-Romantic Austrian composer |
3 | Gustav Holst | 1874 | English composer |
4 | Gustav Schwarzenegger | 1907 | Austrian police chief |
5 | Gustav III of Sweden | 1746 | King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792 |
6 | Gustav Stresemann | 1878 | German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
7 | Gustav Kirchhoff | 1824 | German physicist |
8 | Gustav I of Sweden | 1496 | 16th century king of Sweden |
9 | Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden | 1778 | King of Sweden between 1792-1809 |
10 | Gustav Wagner | 1911 | Holocaust perpetrator |
11 | Gustav Fechner | 1801 | German Scientist (1801-1887) |
12 | Gustav Nyquist | 1989 | Swedish ice hockey player |
13 | Gustav Peter Wöhler | 1956 | German actor and singer |
14 | Gustav Ritter von Kahr | 1862 | German politician |
15 | Gustav Fröhlich | 1902 | Actor |
16 | Gustav Stickley | 1858 | American furniture designer |
17 | Gustav Vigeland | 1869 | Norwegian sculptor |
18 | Gustav Heinemann | 1899 | German politician, President of Germany 1969-1974 |
19 | Gustav Hasford | 1947 | United States Marine |
20 | Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach | 1870 | German businessperson, politician |
21 | Gustav Weler | Adolf Hitler body double | |
22 | Gustav Svensson | 1987 | Swedish footballer |
23 | Gustav Ludwig Hertz | 1887 | German physicist |
24 | Gustav Engvall | 1996 | Swedish footballer |
25 | Gustav Landauer | 1870 | German anarchist |
26 | Gustav Schröder | 1885 | German Righteous Among the Nations |
27 | Gustav Metzger | 1926 | Artist and political activist |
28 | Gustav Rödel | 1915 | German flying ace |
29 | Gustav Meyrink | 1868 | Austrian writer and translator |
30 | Gustav von Wangenheim | 1895 | German politician |
31 | Gustav Bauer | 1870 | German chancellor |
32 | Gustav Noske | 1868 | German politician |
33 | Gustav Nossal | 1931 | Australian research biologist |
34 | Gustav Freytag | 1816 | German writer |
35 | Gustav Fridolin | 1983 | Swedish politician |
36 | Gustav Tauber | 1902 | German pharmacist |
37 | Gustav Radbruch | 1878 | German politician |
38 | Gustav Leonhardt | 1928 | Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor |
39 | Gustav Krukenberg | 1888 | German general |
40 | Gustav Salinas | 1990 | |
41 | Gustav Klaus Wolfgang Schäfer | 1988 | German musician |
42 | Gustav Lombard | 1895 | German general |
43 | Gustav Forsling | 1996 | Swedish ice hockey player |
44 | Gustav Aubin | 1881 | |
45 | Gustav Wikheim | 1993 | Footballer |
46 | Gustavs Klucis | 1895 | Soviet photographer |
47 | Gustav Bergmann | 1906 | Austrian-American philosopher |
48 | Gustav von Schmoller | 1838 | Economist |
49 | Gustav Wilhelm Wolff | 1834 | Co-Founder of Harland and Wolff |
50 | Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | 1907 | Male human |
51 | Gustav Becker | 1819 | Watchmaker |
52 | Gustav Knittel | 1914 | SS officer |
53 | Gustav Malja | 1995 | Swedish racing driver |
54 | Gustav Schwab | 1792 | German teacher, pastor, author and editor |
55 | Gustav Bubník | 1962 | Czech dabing actor and actor |
56 | Gustav Simon | 1900 | German politician |
57 | Gustav Adolf Scheel | 1907 | German general |
58 | Gustav Mie | 1868 | German physicist |
59 | Gustav Badin | 1747 | Swedish writer |
60 | Gustav Sabac el Cher | 1868 | German composer and conductor |
61 | Gustav Adolf von Götzen | 1866 | German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator |
62 | Gustav Nilsen | 1974 | Norwegian actor |
63 | Gustav Nachtigal | 1834 | German explorer of Central and West Africa |
64 | Gustav Lindh | 1995 | Swedish actor |
65 | Gustav Thöni | 1951 | Italian alpine ski racer |
66 | Gustav Horn, Count of Pori | 1592 | Swedish/Finnish politician |
67 | Gustav Cassel | 1866 | Swedish economist |
68 | Gustav Otto | 1883 | German aerospace engineer |
69 | Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald | 1902 | German paleontologist |
70 | Gustav von Seyffertitz | 1862 | Actor |
71 | Gustav Adolf Nosske | 1902 | German Nazi SS general and Holocaust perpetrator |
72 | Gustav Kobbé | 1857 | American journalist and academic |
73 | Gustav Laabs | 1902 | German SS officer |
74 | Gustav Werner | 1809 | German theologian and educationist |
75 | Gustav Witzøe | 1953 | |
76 | Gustav Seibt | 1959 | German journalist and historian of modern age |
77 | Gustav Sorge | 1911 | SS officer |
78 | Gustav Anton von Wietersheim | 1884 | Wehrmacht general |
79 | Gustav Lindenthal | 1850 | American civil engineer |
80 | Gustav Brunner | 1950 | Austrian Formula One designer |
81 | Gustav Machatý | 1901 | Czech film producer and director |
82 | Gustav Ucicky | 1898 | German film director, screenwriter, cinematographer |
83 | Gustav Ejstes | 1979 | Swedish guitarist |
84 | Gustav Fabergé | 1814 | Russian jeweller |
85 | Gustav Valsvik | 1993 | Footballer |
86 | Gustav Larsson | 1980 | Swedish road racing cyclist |
87 | Gustav von Vaerst | 1894 | German general |
88 | Gustav Herglotz | 1881 | German mathematician |
89 | Gustav of Vasaborg | 1616 | |
90 | Gustav Adolf Deissmann | 1866 | German theologian |
91 | Gustav Richter | 1912 | SS officer |
92 | Gustav Ernesaks | 1908 | Composer and choir conductor |
93 | Gustav Zander | 1835 | Physician, orthopedist |
94 | Gustav Davidson | 1895 | American writer |
95 | Gustav Diessl | 1899 | Actor |
96 | Gustav Schmidt | 1894 | German General and Knight's Cross recipient |
97 | Gustav Münzberger | 1903 | Holocaust perpetrator from Treblinka |
98 | Gustav Lange | 1830 | German composer (1830–1889) |
99 | Gustav Kuhn | 1947 | Austrian conductor, composer, teacher and musician |
100 | Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow | 1633 | Last Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and last Administrator of Ratzeburg |
101 | Gustav Oplustil | 1926 | Czech script editor, actor, director and scriptwriter |
102 | Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken | 1632 | Count of Saarbrücken and General sergeant of the Holy Roman Empire at the Rhine |
103 | Gustav Abb | 1886 | Librarian |
104 | Gustav Olofsson | 1994 | Swedish ice hockey defenceman |
105 | Gustav Wied | 1858 | Writer |
106 | Gustav Fehn | 1892 | German general |
107 | Gustav Körner | 1809 | German American politician, lawyer, judge & diplomat |
108 | Gustav Jonsson | 1907 | |
109 | Gustav Meier | 1929 | Director of the Orchestra Conducting Program at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University |
110 | Gustav Knuth | 1901 | Actor |
111 | Gustav Dyekjær Giese | 1993 | |
112 | Gustav Hamel | 1889 | British aviator |
113 | Gustav Graves | ||
114 | Gustav Friedrich Waagen | 1794 | German art historian |
115 | Gustav Hägglund | 1938 | Finnish general |
116 | Gustav Wyneken | 1875 | German writer |
117 | Gustav | 1975 | Swiss musician |
118 | Gustav Bauernfeind | 1848 | German artist |
119 | Gustav Roch | 1839 | Mathematician from Germany |
120 | Gustav Deutsch | 1952 | Austrian film director and art director |
121 | Gustav Fritsch | 1838 | German anatomist |
122 | Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland | 1902 | German politician |
123 | Gustav Heigel | 1893 | |
124 | Gustav Rehberger | 1910 | American Artist |
125 | Gustav Sack | 1885 | German writer |
126 | Gustav Winckler | 1925 | Danish singer-songwriter |
127 | Gustav Embden | 1874 | German chemist |
128 | Gustav Mensching | 1901 | German university teacher (1901-1978) |
129 | Gustav Weil | 1808 | German orientalist |
130 | Gustav Steinbauer | 1889 | |
131 | Ronald Gustav | 1985 | |
132 | Gustav Trägårdh | 1974 | |
133 | Gustav Oelsner | 1879 | German architect |
134 | Gustav Schreiber | 1916 | SS officer |
135 | Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg | 1898 | German General and Knight's Cross recipients |
136 | Gustav Trolle | 1488 | Swedish noble |
137 | Gustav Böß | 1873 | German politician |
138 | Gustav Ernst von Stackelberg | 1766 | Russian diplomat |
139 | Gustav Victor Rudolf Born | 1921 | British pharmacologist |
140 | Gustav Meyer | 1850 | German linguist |
141 | Gustav Höhne | 1893 | German General and Knight's Cross recipients |
142 | Gustav Ginzel | 1932 | Czech traveller |
143 | Gustav Ehrhart | 1894 | German chemist |
144 | Gustav Hartz | 1884 | German politician |
145 | Gustav Lachmann | 1896 | German engineer |
146 | Gustav Jahoda | 1920 | Social psychologist |
147 | Gustav Hartlaub | 1814 | Medical doctor and ornithologist |
148 | Gustav Rose | 1798 | Mineralogist |
149 | Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub | 1884 | German art historian |
150 | Gustav Hoch | 1862 | German politician |
151 | Gustav Petri | 1888 | |
152 | Gustav Guhl | 1910 | |
153 | Gustav Aulia | ||
154 | Gustav Droysen | 1838 | German historian |
155 | Gustav Preller | 1875 | South African journalist, historian, writer and literary critic |
156 | Gustav Frištenský | 1879 | Czech discus thrower, weightlifter and wrestler |
157 | Gustav Flatow | 1875 | Gymnast |
158 | Prince Gustav of Sweden | 1568 | Swedish prince |
159 | Gustav Ranis | 1929 | Economist |
160 | Gustav Nezval | 1907 | Czech actor |
161 | Gustav Elfving | 1908 | Mathematical statistician |
162 | Gustav Humbert | 1950 | German businessman |
163 | Gustav Giemsa | 1867 | German scientist |
164 | Gustav Jäger | 1832 | German naturalist and hygienist (1832-1917) |
165 | Gustav Lübbe | 1918 | German publisher |
166 | Gustav Struve | 1805 | American journalist |
167 | Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten | 1817 | German botanist |
168 | Gustav Wiederkehr | 1905 | President of UEFA |
169 | Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann | 1826 | German physicist |
170 | Gustav Geley | 1868 | French parapsychologist |
171 | Gustav Christian Schwabe | 1813 | German businessman |
172 | Gustav Zeuner | 1828 | German engineer; Director of the School of Mines, Freiberg, Saxony |
173 | Gustav Wilke | 1898 | German general and Knight's Cross recipient |
174 | Gustav René Hocke | 1908 | German journalist and author |
175 | Gustav Nottebohm | 1817 | German pianist, teacher, musical editor and composer |
176 | Gustav Adolf Rochus Rochow | 1792 | German politician |
177 | Gustav Schubert | 1916 | German officer and Knight's Cross recipient |
178 | Gustav Kilian | 1907 | German track cyclist |
179 | Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel | 1865 | German botanist |
180 | Gustav Jenner | 1865 | German composer, conductor and musical scholar |
181 | Gustav von Senden-Bibran | 1847 | |
182 | Gustav von Myrdacz | 1874 | Paul vom Myrdacz |
183 | Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann | 1861 | Russian metallurgist |
184 | Gustav Wegerer | 1897 | |
185 | Gustav Reiner | 1959 | German motorcycle racer |
186 | Gustav Adolf Michaelis | 1798 | German obstetrician |
187 | Gustav Grabolle | 1993 | German actor |
188 | Gustav Götz | 1979 | Austrian radio host |
189 | Gustav Suits | 1883 | Estonian poet |
190 | Gustav Bohlen-Halbach | 1831 | German diplomat |
191 | Gustav Killian | 1860 | German laryngologist and founder of bronchoscopy |
192 | Gustav Siegle | 1840 | |
193 | Gustav Botz | 1857 | German actor |
194 | Gustav Lindemann | 1872 | German theatre director |
195 | Gustav Brom | 1921 | Czech conductor, composer, jazz musician, presenter, saxophonist, lyricist and singer |
196 | Gustav Heine von Geldern | 1805 | German-Austrian publicist |
197 | Gustav Merkel | 1827 | German musician |
198 | Gustav Weigand | 1860 | German philologist |
199 | Gustav Adolf Baumm | 1920 | |
200 | Gustav Hartmann | 1842 | German entrepreneur and manager |