Gustav, also spelled Gustaf (pronounced or in English; for both spellings), is a male

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origin, used mainly in

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n countries, German-speaking countries, and the

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. The origin of the name is debated. The name was first recorded in 1225 in

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, Sweden, in the Latin form . Other 13th-century variants include ''Gødstaui'', ''Gøstaf'' and ''Gøzstaf'' . Linguistic

Otto von Friesen Otto von Friesen (11 May 1870 – 10 September 1942) was a Swedish linguistics, linguist, runes, runologist and professor of the Swedish language at Uppsala University from 1906 to 1935. He was also a member of the Swedish Academy from 1929 to 1 ...

suggested that it may derive from a byname meaning "staff of the Göta people" or "support of the (Väst)göta people". Another theory speculates that the name is of Medieval Slavic origin, from ''Gostislav'', a compound word meaning "glorious guest", derived from the Slavic words ("guest") and ("glory"), and was adopted by migrating groups north and west into

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and

. This name has been borne by eight

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, starting from

Gustav Vasa Gustav Eriksson Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (''Reichsverweser#Sweden, Riksföreståndare'') fr ...

in the 16th century and including the current king,

Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Having reigned since 1973, he is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, K ...

. The name has entered other languages as well. In French it is ; in

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, Portuguese, and

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it is '' Gustavo''. The

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ized form is '' Gustavus''. A side-form of the name in Swedish is '' Gösta''. The name in Finnish is , while in Icelandic it is written or . Gustav (Kustaa) has a name day on June 6 in Swedish and Finnish calendars, in commemoration of Gustav Vasa's election as King of Sweden on June 6, 1523.

People

Royalty and nobility

Sweden

* Gustav I (1496–1560), King of Sweden 1523–1560, whose reign marked the end of the

Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then in ...

; founder of the Vasa dynasty * Gustav of Sweden (1568–1607), son of Eric XIV and Karin Månsdotter *

Gustav II Adolf Gustavus Adolphus (9 December N.S 19 December">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="/nowiki>Old Style and New Style dates">N.S 19 December15946 November Old Style and New Style dates">N.S 16 November] 1632), also known in English as ...

(1594–1632), or Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden 1611–1632, military leader during the

Thirty Year War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine, or disease, whil ...

, sometimes referred to as the "Father of modern warfare" or "The Lion of the North" * Gustav of Vasaborg, (1616–1653), Swedish noble and military officer * Karl X Gustav (1622–1660), King of Sweden 1654–1660 *

Gustav III Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw ...

(1746–1792), King of Sweden 1771–1792, who highly influenced the arts of Sweden during the Neo-Classical era and who temporarily reinstated absolute monarchy *

Gustav, Prince of Vasa Gustav, Prince of Vasa (; 9 November 1799 – 4 August/5 August 1877), born Crown Prince of Sweden, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian princely title (from 1829) was actually spelled ''Wasa''. Life and ...

(1799–1877), Crown Prince of Sweden *

Gustav IV Adolf Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland. The occupation of Finland in 180 ...

(1778–1837), King of Sweden 1792–1809 * Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland (1827–1852), second son of Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg *

Gustaf V Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxe ...

(1858–1950), King of Sweden 1907–1950 *

Gustaf VI Adolf Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf ...

(1882–1973), King of Sweden 1950–1973 *

Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund; 22 April 1906 – 26 January 1947) was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. He was the eldest ...

(1906–1947) *

(born 1946), King of Sweden 1973–

Other places

* Gustav of Saxe-Lauenburg (c. 1570–1597) * Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670–1731) * Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1781–1848) * Count Gustav Kálnoky (1832–1898), Austro-Hungarian diplomat and statesman * Gustav, 7th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1969)

Others

* Gustav Åbergsson (1775–1852), Swedish stage actor * Gustav Ahnelöv (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey player * Gustav Elijah Åhr (1996–2017), known as Lil Peep, American rapper and singer * Gustav von Alvensleben (1803–1881), Prussian General of the Infantry * Gustav A. Anderson (1893–1983), American farmer and politician * Gustaf Andersson (1884–1961), Swedish politician *

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (), was a Spanish Spanish Romance literature, Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, columni ...

(1836–1870), Spanish poet * Gustav Bauernfeind (1848–1904), German painter famous for his Orientalist paintings * Gustave Biéler (1904–1944), Swiss-born Canadian

Special Operations Executive Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local Resistance during World War II, resistance movements during World War II. ...

agent during World War II * Gustavo Charif (born 1966), writer, visual artist and film director * Gustave Colin (1814–1880), French politician * Gustave-Henri Colin (1828–1910), French painter * J. P. Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859), German mathematician * Gustav Hesselblad (1906–1989), Swedish military doctor *

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, le ...

(1792–1843), scientist for whom the

Coriolis effect In physics, the Coriolis force is a pseudo force that acts on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the force acts to the left of the moti ...

is named *

Gustaf Dalén Nils Gustaf Dalén (; 30 November 1869 – 9 December 1937) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 "for his invention of Sun valve, automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators fo ...

(1869–1937), Swedish inventor and Nobel Prize laureate *

Gustave Doré Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré ( , , ; 6January 1832 – 23January 1883) was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrati ...

(1832–1883), French artist, engraver, and illustrator *

Gustave Eiffel Alexandre Gustave Eiffel ( , ; Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway net ...

(1832–1923), French engineer, designer of the Eiffel Tower *

Gustav Fechner Gustav Theodor Fechner (; ; 19 April 1801 – 18 November 1887) was a German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist. A pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics (techniques for measuring the mind), he inspi ...

(1801–1887), German philosopher, physicist, and scientist * Gustav Fehn (1892–1945), German general during World War II * Gustav A. Fischer (1848–1886), German explorer *

Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , ; ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realis ...

(1821–1880), French writer best known for ''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' (; ), commonly known as simply ''Madame Bovary'', is the début novel by France, French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond he ...

'' * Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911), Swedish author and poet *

Gustav Fröhlich Gustav Friedrich Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 in fil ...

(1902–1987), German actor * Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963), German actor * Gustav Hamel (1889–1914), British aviation pioneer * Gustav Hareide (born 1950), Norwegian politician * Gustav A. Hedlund (1904–1993), American mathematician * Gustav Heinse (1896–1971) (real name Josef Klein), Bulgarian poet of Austrian origin * Gustav Anders Hemwall (1908–1998), American physician and pioneer in Prolotherapy * Gustav Henriksen (1872–1939), Norwegian businessman * Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887–1975), German physicist and

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

laureate * Gustav Heynhold (1800–1860), German botanist *

Gustav Holst Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite ''The Planets'', he composed many other works across a range ...

(1874–1934), British composer *

Gustáv Husák Gustáv Husák ( , ; ; 10 January 1913 – 18 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 ...

(1913–1991),

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

* (1842–1908), German painter * Gustav Isaksen (born 2001), Danish football player * C. Gustav J. Jacobi (1804–1851), German mathematician * Gustav Jäger (naturalist) (1832–1917), German naturalist and doctor * Gustav Jäger (painter) (1808–1871), German painter * (1865–1938), Austrian physicist and lecturer *

Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. A prolific author of over 20 books, illustrator, and correspondent, Jung was a ...

(1875–1961), Swiss psychoanalyst and father of analytical psychology *

Gustav Ritter von Kahr Gustav Ritter von Kahr (; born Gustav Kahr; 29 November 1862 – 30 June 1934) was a German jurist and right-wing politician. During his career he was district president of Upper Bavaria, Bavarian minister president and, from September 1923 to ...

(1862–1934), German right-wing politician in Bavaria * Gustaf Kalliokangas (1873–1940), Finnish president *

Gustav Kirchhoff Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (; 12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German chemist, mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy and the emission of black-body ...

(1824–1887), German

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who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and black-body radiation *

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sket ...

(1862–1918), Austrian symbolist painter of the

Vienna Secession The Vienna Secession (; also known as the Union of Austrian Artists or ) is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and architects, including Josef Ho ...

* Gustav Knittel (1914–1976), German

Waffen-SS The (; ) was the military branch, combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscr ...

officer and convicted war criminal *

Gustav Knuth Gustav Knuth (7 July 1901 – 1 February 1987) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1935 and 1982 and starred in the TV series ''Alle meine Tiere''. He was married to the actress Elisabeth Lennartz. Selected ...

(1901–1987), German actor * Gustav Krklec (1899–1977), Croatian poet * Gustav Landauer (1870–1919), German anarchist philosopher * Gustaf Lantz (born 1981), Swedish politician *

Gustaf de Laval Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval (; 9 May 1845 – 2 February 1913) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and centrifugal separation machinery for dairy. Life Gustaf de Laval was born at ...

(1845–1913), Swedish engineer, inventor and entrepreneur *

Gustave Le Bon Charles-Marie Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841 – 13 December 1931) was a leading French polymath whose areas of interest included anthropology, psychology, sociology, medicine, invention, and physics. He is best known for his 1895 work '' The Crowd: ...

(1841–1931), French psychologist, sociologist, and physicist *

Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Leo ...

(1928–2012), Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher, and editor *

Gustave Lyon Gustave Lyon (19 November 1857 – 12 January 1936) was a French piano maker, acoustician and inventor. He was head of Pleyel et Cie from 1887. Life Lyon was born in Paris in 1857, son of Jacob Lyon, a singing teacher, and his wife Fanny ''née'' ...

(1857–1936), French piano maker, inventor and acoustician *

Heinrich Gustav Magnus Heinrich Gustav Magnus (; 2 May 1802 – 4 April 1870) was a German experimental scientist. His training was mostly in chemistry but his later research was mostly in physics. He spent the great bulk of his career at the University of Berlin, wher ...

(1802–1870), German

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

and physicist *

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic music, Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and ...

(1860–1911), Austrian composer and conductor *

Gustav Meyrink Gustav Meyrink (19 January 1868 – 4 December 1932) was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel ''The Golem (Meyrink novel), The Golem''. He has been described as ...

(1868–1932), Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker *

Gustave Moreau Gustave Moreau (; 6 April 1826 – 18 April 1898) was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence".Cassou, Jean. 1979. ''The Concise Encyclopedia of Symbolism ...

(1826–1898), French painter * Gustaf Munthe (1896–1962), Swedish writer, art historian, and art teacher * Gustáv Murín (born 1959), Slovak writer * Gustav Nezval (1907–1998), Czech actor *

Gustav Noske Gustav Noske (9 July 1868 – 30 November 1946) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as the first Minister of Defence (''Reichswehrminister'') of the Weimar Republic between 1919 and 1920. Noske was known for u ...

(1868–1946), German Minister of Defence * Gustav Adolf Nosske (1902–1990), German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator * Gustav Nyquist (born 1989), Swedish professional hockey player * Gustav Oehrli (born 1962), Swiss alpine skier * Gustav Otto (1883–1926), German aircraft and aircraft-engine designer and manufacturer *

Oscar Gustave Rejlander Oscar Gustave Rejlander (Stockholm, 19 October 1813 – Clapham, London, 18 January 1875) was a Victorian art photographer and an expert in photomontage. His collaboration with Charles Darwin on ''The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Ani ...

, pioneering Victorian art photographer and an expert in photomontage * Gustav Rochlitz (1889–1972), German art dealer * Gustav Scanzoni von Lichtenfels (1855–1924), German general * Gustav Schäfer (rower) (1906–1991), German Olympic rower * Gustav Schäfer (drummer) (born 1988), German drummer ( Tokio Hotel) * Gustav Schickedanz (1895–1977), German entrepreneur * Gustav A. Schneebeli (1853–1923), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * Gustav Schröder (1885–1959), German sea captain * Gustav Schwarzenegger (1907–1972), Austrian police chief and Nazi German military officer * Gustaf Skarsgård (born 1980), Swedish actor *

Gustav Spörer Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer (23 October 1822 – 7 July 1895) was a German astronomer. He is noted for his studies of sunspots and sunspot cycles. In this regard he is often mentioned together with Edward Maunder. Spörer was the first to ...

(1822–1895), German astronomer *

Gustav Stickley Gustav Stickley (March 9, 1858 – April 15, 1942) was an American furniture manufacturer, design leader, publisher, and a leading voice in the American Arts and Crafts movement. Stickley's design philosophy was a major influence on American ...

(1858–1942), American furniture maker, invented the Mission style of Craftsman furniture * Gustav Sule (1910–1942), Estonian javelin thrower * Gustavus von Tempsky (1828–1868), Anglo-Prussian explorer and adventurer in New Zealand Wars * Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943), Norwegian sculptor * Gustaf Welin (1930–2008), Swedish Army lieutenant general *

Gustave Whitehead Gustave Albin Whitehead (born Gustav Albin Weisskopf; 1 January 1874 – 10 October 1927) was a German–American aviation pioneer. Between 1897 and 1915, he designed and built gliders, flying machines, and engines. Controversy surrounds publish ...

(1874–1927), German-American aviator *Gustav Wood, vocalist in British rock band Young Guns *

Gustavs Zemgals Gustavs Zemgals (12 August 1871 – 6 January 1939) was a Latvian politician and the second President of Latvia. He also was twice the mayor of Riga. Zemgals was born in Džūkste in the Courland Governorate (now Tukums Municipality, Latvia). H ...

(1871–1939), Latvian president 1927–1930 *

Gustav Zeuner Gustav Anton Zeuner (30 November 1828 – 17 October 1907) was a German physicist, engineer and epistemologist, considered the founder of technical thermodynamics and of the Dresden School of Thermodynamics. Life University and Revolution Z ...

(1828–1907), German physicist and engineer * Gustave de Molinari (1819–1912), Belgian political economist

In fiction

* Gustav (Zoids), transportation mecha from the

Zoids is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Tomy that feature giant robots (or "mecha") called Zoids, with designs being based on animals; including dinosaurs, mammals, insects, arachnids and mythological creatures. The franchise ...

fictional universe * Gustav Graves, villain in the

James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...

series * Gustavo Fring, businessman and major narcotics distributor in the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise *Gustav "Gus" Griswald, one of the six main characters of the 1990s show '' Recess'' and its three movies. *Gustave, the main protagonist of the 2025 french role playing video game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Other uses

Gustave (crocodile) Gustave is a man-eating male Nile crocodile that roams the Ruzizi river and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, Africa. Gustave is rumored to have killed as many as 200–300 people, though one more recent estimate states the tru ...

, a large Nile crocodile in Burundi

References

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