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ised form of the male

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or Gustaf, of

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origin, used mainly in Scandinavian countries,

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, 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

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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

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. 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,

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. 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 Latinized 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 .

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* Gustavus Abeel (1801–1887), American pastor, missionary, and writer *

Gustavus Adolphus 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), King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632 *

Gustavus Adolphus of the Palatinate Gustavus Adolphus of the Palatinate (''Prince Palatine Gustavus Adolphus''; 14 January 1632 – 9 January 1641), was the last son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine (of the House of Wittelsbach), the "Winter King" of Bohemia, by his consort, the En ...

(1632–1641), last son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine *

Gustavus Aird Gustavus Aird (1813–1898) was a Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Church of Scotland who served as Gaelic Moderator of the General Assembly in Inverness in 1888. He was an active campaigner against the Hig ...

(1813–1898), Scottish minister of the Free Church of Scotland * Gustavus M. Blech (1870–1949), Russian-born American physician, surgeon, and medical educator * Gustavus Miller Bower (1790–1864), U.S. Representative from Missouri *

Gustavus Brander Gustavus Brander FRS (172021 January 1787), an English naturalist who came from a Swedish family, was born in London in 1720. He was brought up as a merchant, in which capacity he achieved success and became a director of the Bank of England. ...

(1720–1787), English naturalist *

Gustavus Vaughan Brooke Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (25 April 1818 – 11 January 1866), commonly referred to as G. V. Brooke, was an Irish stage actor who enjoyed success in Ireland, England, and Australia. Early life Brooke was born in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest son o ...

(1818–1866), Irish stage actor * Gustavus Richard Brown (1747–1804), friend of George Washington, physician, and botanist * Gustavus Conyngham (1747–1819), Irish-born American merchant sea captain * Gustavus Wynne Cook (1867–1940), American banker, businessman, and amateur astronomer * Gustavus Coulson (1879–1901), British Army officer and English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Gustavus Cox (1870–1958), Barbadian cricketer * Gustavus De Russy (1818–1891), U.S. Army career officer and American Civil War general * Gustavus Cheyney Doane (1840–1892), U.S. Army Cavalry Captain, explorer, and inventor * Gustavus Esselen (1888–1952), American chemist * Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (1837–1908), United States representative from Missouri and federal judge * Gustavus Fowke (1880–1946), English army officer and first-class cricketer *

Gustavus Fox Gustavus Vasa Fox (June 13, 1821 – October 29, 1883) was an officer of the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War, and as the first Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. Life and career Fox was born at ...

(1821–1883), U.S. Navy officer * Gustavus Richard Glenn (1848–1939), American academic * Gustavus Green (1865–1964), British engineer and contributor to the design of early aircraft engines

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* Gustavus Hamilton (disambiguation), various people *

Gustavus Handcock Gustavus Handcock (13 August 1693 – 4 September 1751) was an Irish politician. He was the son of Stephen Handcock, fourth son of William Handcock (Westmeath politician), William Handcock. Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1723, h ...

(1693–1751), Irish politician * Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr. (1804–1880), American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Tennessee * Gustavus Hesselius (1682–1755), Swedish-American painter * Gustavus Hines (1809–1873), American missionary * Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs (1836–1923), chemist and natural philosopher * Gustavus Holmes, builder of the Gustavus Holmes House * Gustavus Hume (1730–1812), president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland * Gustavus Hume (British Army officer) (1826–1891), British Army soldier in the Crimean War * Gustavus Katterfelto (c. 1743–1799), Prussian conjurer, scientific lecturer, and quack * Gustavus Kelly (1901–1980), Irish cricketer * Gustavus Town Kirby (1874–1956), American sports administrator who was president of the Amateur Athletic Union * Gustavus Loomis (1789–1872), U.S. Army officer * Gustavus Hindman Miller (1857–1929), prominent Tennessee merchant, manufacturer, financier, capitalist farmer, author * Gustavus Murray (1831–1887), British obstetrician *

Gustavus Myers Gustavus Myers (March 20, 1872–1942) was an American journalist and historian who published a series of highly critical and influential studies on the social costs of wealth accumulation. The Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award was named a ...

(1872–1942), American journalist and historian ** Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights, named for the journalist ** Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, named for the journalist * Gustavus Adolphus Neumann (1807−1886), German-born American newspaper publisher * Gustavus A. Northcott (1861–1938), Republican President of the West Virginia Senate * Gustavus Reinhold Nyländer (1776–1825), German Lutheran missionary and linguist who worked in Sierra Leone

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* Gustavus Orr (1819–1887), early proponent of the public education system of the U.S. state of Georgia * Gustavus Pike (fl. 1880s), builder of the Gustavus and Sarah T. Pike House * Gustavus G. Prescott, Charleston merchant and builder of the Gustavus G. Prescott House * Gustavus Poznanski (1804–1879), South Carolina cantor and religious leader * Gustavus Schmidt (1795–1877), American lawyer and lecturer on Civil Law at the University of Louisiana *

Gustavus Scott Gustavus Scott (1753 – December 25, 1800) was an American lawyer who served in several legislative capacities in Maryland during and after the American Revolutionary War, as well as farmed in Fairfax County, Virginia, and served as on ...

(1753–1800), American lawyer who served in legislative capacities in Maryland in the American Revolutionary War *

Gustavus H. Scott Gustavus Hall Scott (13 June 1812 – 23 March 1882) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in the Second Seminole War and the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of rear admiral and late in his career was commander-in-chief of ...

(1812–1882), U.S. Navy officer * Gustavus Sessinghaus (1838–1887), U.S. Representative from Missouri * Gustavus Sidenberg (1843–1915), Jewish-American manufacturer and financier *

Gustavus Simmons Gustavus J. Simmons (born 1930) is a retired cryptographer and former manager of the applied mathematics Department and Senior Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. He worked primarily with authentication theory, developing cryptographic techn ...

(born 1930), American cryptographer * Gustavus Smith (disambiguation), various people * Gustavus Sniper (1836–1894), German-born Union Army brevet brigadier general in the American Civil War * Gustavus Swan (1787–1860), Ohio lawyer and banker * Gustavus Franklin Swift (1839–1903), American business executive * Gustavus Talbot (1848–1920), British member of parliament and a Coalition Conservative politician * Gustavus Trask (1836–1914), governor of Sailors' Snug Harbor * Gustavus von Tempsky (1828–1868), Prussian adventurer, artist, newspaper correspondent, and soldier * Gustavus Waffelaert (1847–1931), 22nd bishop of Bruges in Belgium * Gustavus Waltz (fl. 1732–1759), German bass opera singer * Gustavus Athol Waterhouse (1877–1950), Australian entomologist * Gustavus Woodson Wickliffe (1869–1921), American lawyer * Gustavus Blin Wright (1830–1898), Canadian pioneer roadbuilder and entrepreneur

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