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Meaning and origin
Gustav is a Scandinavian boy name. The meaning of the name is `Staff of the gods`.


Where is it used?
The name Gustav is mainly used in Scandinavian.

It is an abbreviated form of
August, used in German and in English.


How do they say it elsewhere?
Gustaf (In Swedish)
Gustavo (In Italian, Spanish and in Portuguese)
Gusztáv (In Hungarian)
Gustave (In French)
Kustaa (In Finnish)
Kyösti (In Finnish)


If it's too long people might use
In Scottish, Irish and in English: Angus
In English: Gus


See also
In Swedish: Gösta (M)


What Gustav`s say about their name

1. The best thing about the name Gustav:
   ladies love the name
   The worst thing about the name:
   people dont know how to pronouncd
   If my name wasn`t Gustav....:
   it will be marcus.
   Extra information:
   my parent did not give me the name but i gave myself the name and they accept it.

More `Gustav` links
Gustav as abbreviation
Actors named Gustav
Gustav in the encyclopedia