Gustav

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See also: Gustáv

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

A royal name in Sweden, traditionally explained (even by Gustav I Vasa himself) as Swedish göt + staf "staff (=support) of the Geats (southern Swedes)". But there is no such name in Old Norse, and Gustav is more probably a Swedish rendering of Old Polish / north-west Slavic Gostislav, from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (guest) + *slava (glory).

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, also maybe from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (guest) + *slava (glory).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gustav m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Gustav

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav, also maybe from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (guest) + *slava (glory).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gustav

  1. a male given name of Swedish origin

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav, also maybe from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (guest) + *slava (glory).

Proper noun

Gustav

  1. a male given name of Swedish origin

Faroese

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav, from Old Swedish Gøtstaf, also maybe from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ.

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, also maybe from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (guest) + *slava (glory).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gustav

  1. a male given name from Swedish

Norwegian

Etymology

From Swedish Gustav, also maybe from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (guest) + *slava (glory).

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), or maybe from Slavic (compare Old Polish Gościsław, Goscław, Czech Hostislav), from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (guest) + *slava (glory). First recorded as Swedish given name in 1521.

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

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] 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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