Gustl

Gustl is a male and female given name .

Origin and meaning

Gustl can be the male short form of Gustav or August . Feminine, it is the short form of Augusta and its variants.

Name bearer

Male

• Gustl Angstmann (1947–1998), German writer and specialist book author
• Gustl Bayrhammer (1922–1993), Bavarian folk actor
• Gustl Berauer (1912–1986), German skier
• Gustl Datz (1904 – after 1984), German actor and voice actor
• Gustl Gstettenbaur (1914–1996), German stage and film actor
• Gustl Mollath (* 1956), German justice victim
• Gustl Müller-Dechent (1915–2016), German journalist and author
• Gustl Weishappel (1925–2008), German actor, radio presenter

Female

• Gustl Busch (1900–1969), German actress
• Gustl Halenke (* 1930), German actress
• Elisabeth Augusta Wendling (1752–1794), known as Gustl, German opera singer

Occurrence in titles

• The novella Leutnant Gustl by Arthur Schnitzler

Trivia

In the Bavarian-speaking world, beers of the Augustiner-Bräu brand are often referred to as Gustl in the colloquial short form .