Gustav
[ˈɡʊstəv]Meaning
possibly "staff of the Geats", from Old Norse gautr "Geat" and stafr "staff"
Background Story
Gustav is derived from the Old Norse elements gautr, meaning "Geat", and stafr, meaning "staff". The root name Gautstafr is not well attested in the Old Norse period, and the name might instead be derived from the Old Slavic name Gostislav. It is used in Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Old Norse, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak and Spanish, and the oldest record of it in Sweden dates to 1225, spelled "Gostauus". Six kings of Sweden have borne it, including the 16th-century Gustav I Vasa.
Temperament
Variations
Gustaf, Gustavus
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