Gustav
Gustav is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The name Gustav is common in the Scandinavian-speaking area . It is derived either from the Old Norse components Gautr for Gote and stafr for support or traced back to the Slavic first name Gostislav .
name day
The name day is March 10th .
distribution
The first name Gustav was one of the most common given names at the end of the 19th century. Throughout the 20th century, its popularity steadily declined, and since 1950 at the latest, children were rarely named Gustav. In the new millennium, however, an increase in the spread of this name can be observed again.
The name Gustav is one of the leading names of the Swedish royal family.
variants
- German : Gustaf
- Dutch : Gustaaf
- Finnish : Kyösti , Kustavi , Kustaa
- French : Gustave
- Italian : Gustavo
- Sorbian : Gustaw , Gusta
- Spanish : Gustavo
- Portuguese : Gustavo
- Swedish : Gustaf ; Gösta (diminutive); Gustavsson (family name)
- Hungarian : Gusztáv
- Latin : Gustavus
Well-known namesake
A name
See list of rulers named Gustav
Swedish rulers and princes:
- Gustav I. Wasa (1496–1560), King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560
- Gustav II Adolf (1594–1632), King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632
- Gustav III (1746–1792), King of Sweden 1771 to 1792, see also: Foundling Gustav III.
- Gustav IV Adolf (1778–1837), King of Sweden from 1792 to 1809
- Gustav V (1858–1950), King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950
- Gustav VI. Adolf (1882–1973), King of Sweden 1950 to 1973
- Gustav of Sweden (1799–1877), Crown Prince of Sweden (1799–1809)
- Gustav Adolf of Sweden (1906–1947), Hereditary Prince of Sweden
Gustaaf
- Gustaaf Frans Nees (1901-1965), Belgian composer
- Gustaaf Sorel (1905–1981), Belgian painter and draftsman
Gustaf
- Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963), German actor, director and artistic director
Gustav
- Gustav Bergman (* 1990), Swedish orienteer
- Gustav Elijah Åhr (1996-2017), American rapper
- Gustav von Bergmann (1878–1955), German physician
- Gustav Bergmann (sculptor) (1882–1962), Swiss sculptor
- Gustav Bergmann (politician) (1890–1973), German lawyer and politician
- Gustav Bergmann (painter) ( Gustav Axel Bergmann ; 1897–1989), Austrian painter
- Gustav Bergmann (science theorist) (1906–1987), Austrian science theorist
- Gustav Adolf Bergmann (1816–1891), German politician and businessman
- Gustav D. Bergmann (* 1957), German innovation and competence researcher
- Gustav Peter Bucky (1880–1963), German radiologist and physicist
- Gustav Burmester (architect) (1904–1995), German architect
- Gustav Burmester (director) (1904–1978), German television and radio play director
- Gustav Casmir (1872–1910), German fencer
- Gustav Dreher (* 1879), German football official
- Gustav Grimm (1886–1958), German strength acrobat
- Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976), German politician, Federal President 1969 to 1974
- Gustav (Hessen-Homburg) (1781–1848), Landgrave of Hessen-Homburg
- Gustav Holst (1874–1934), English composer
- Gustáv Husák (1913–1991), Slovak lawyer and communist politician
- Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804-1851), German mathematician
- Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824–1887), German physicist
- Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), Austrian painter
- Gustav Knuth (1901–1987), German actor
- Gustav Krklec (1899–1977), Croatian poet
- Gustav Leonhardt (1928–2012), Dutch conductor, harpsichordist and organist
- Gustav Lindenthal (1850–1935), American bridge construction engineer
- Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian conductor and composer
- Gustav Müller (1799–1855), German violinist, see Müller brothers
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1820) (1820–1889), German businessman and politician (Free Association, National Liberals), Member of the Parliament
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1823) (1823–1875), German businessman and politician (DP, NLP), MdR
- Gustav Müller (architect, 1827) (1827–1904), German architect
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1846) (1849–1904), German politician, mayor of Schöneberg (Berlin)
- Gustav Müller (astronomer) (1851–1925), German astronomer
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1860) (1860–1921), Swiss politician (SP)
- Gustav Müller (civil servant) (1866–1929), German civil servant and State Secretary
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1875) (1875–1946), German politician (SPD, USPD, KPD, Leninbund), MdR
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1882) (1882–1958), German politician (SPD), MdL Oldenburg
- Gustav Müller (gardener) (1884–1943), German gardener, founder of the Heidenheimer Naturtheater , NSDAP politician and activist
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1888) (1888–1946), German politician (SPD), MdL Saxony
- Gustav Müller (journalist) († 1949), German journalist
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1898) (1898–1970), German politician (CDU), Member of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Gustav Müller (graphic artist) (1899–1990), German graphic artist
- Gustav Müller (architect, 1906) (1906–1987), Austrian architect
- Gustav Müller (politician, 1908) (1908–1973), German politician (GB / BHE), MdL Lower Saxony
- Gustav Müller (actor) (1919–1980), German actor and cabaret artist
- Gustav Müller (archaeologist) (1921–1988), German archaeologist
- Gustav Müller-Blankenstein (1905–1970), German sculptor
- Gustav Müller-Mann (1862–1910?), German publisher and writer
- Gustav Adolf Müller (painter) ( Gustav Adolf Müller-Koburg ; 1828–1901), German painter
- Gustav Adolf Müller (architect) (1848–1913), Swiss architect
- Gustav Adolf Müller (writer) (1866–1928), German writer, journalist and educator
- Gustav Alfred Müller (1895–1978), German painter
- Gustav Emil Müller (1898–1987), Swiss philosopher, poet and composer
- Gustav Ferdinand Müller (1861–1936), German manufacturer, publicist and founder of a völkisch religion (" Kristgermanentum ")
- Gustav Otto Müller (1827–1922), German painter, copyist, curator and art writer
- Gustav Wilhelm Müller (1857–1940), German zoologist and director of the Greifswald Zoological Museum
- Gustav Nezval (1907–1998), Czech actor
- Gustav Rau (athlete) (1878– ??), German hurdler
- Gustav Rau (hippologist) (1880–1954), German hippologist
- Gustav Rau (entrepreneur) (1886–1960), German entrepreneur
- Gustav Rau (art collector) (1922–2002), German doctor, philanthropist and art collector
- Gustav Regulator (1898–1963), German writer
- Gustav Reiner (1953–2007), German motorcycle racer
- Gustav Schenk (1905–1969), German writer and photographer
- Gustav Schickedanz (1895–1977), German entrepreneur
- Gustav Schröder (captain) (1885–1959), German captain
- Gustav Seyffarth (1796–1885), German Egyptologist
- Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929), German politician
- Gustav Thöni (* 1951), Italian ski racer
- Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943), Norwegian sculptor
- Gustav Walker (1868–1944), Austrian constitutional judge
- Gustav Weindorfer (1874–1932), Austro-Australian farmer, naturalist, resort operator and ranger
- Gustav Wellenstein (1906–1997), German forest scientist
Gustave
- Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956), French composer
- Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), French painter
- Gustave Doré (1832-1883), French artist
- Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), French engineer
- Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French writer
- Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns (1835–1902), Belgian lawyer, politician and diplomat
- Gustave Solomon (1930–1996), American mathematician and engineer
Stage name
- Eva Jantschitsch, Austrian musician, see Gustav (band)
- Pascal Vonlanthen (* 1975), Swiss musician, see Gustav (musician)
Literary figures
- "Gustav with the horn" (actually Gustav Hummel ): a fictional character from Emil and the detectives by Erich Kästner
- The iron Gustav : title of a novel by Hans Fallada ( see Gustav Hartmann )
- Gustav Gans : a resident of Duckburg (cousin of Donald Duck )
Other usage of names
- Letter "G" on the spelling board .
- a German artillery gun, see 80 cm cannon (E)
- Colloquial term for the artillery explosive device G of the NVA
- "Karl Gustav", a machine gun, which in Star Wars as a weapon of stormtroopers was used
- the nickname of the G series of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (corresponding to the German spelling alphabet from 1934)
- a university policy group at the TU Clausthal , the group of independent students of all connections (GuStaV)
- Hurricane Gustav , an Atlantic hurricane in 2008
- Gustav (ship) , tugboat