Gustav
English
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)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Translations
|
Czech
Etymology
From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lua error in Module:cs-headword at line 144: Unrecognized gender: 'm'
- a male given name, equivalent to English Gustav.
Danish
Etymology
From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).
Proper noun
Gustav
- a male given name of Swedish origin.
Estonian
Etymology
From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).
Proper noun
Gustav
- a male given name of Swedish origin.
Related terms
Faroese
Etymology
From Swedish Gustav, from Old Swedish Gøtstaf, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ,
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gustav m
- 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, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Gustav
- a male given name of Swedish origin.
Norwegian
Etymology
From Swedish Gustav, probably ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).
Proper noun
Gustav
- a male given name of Swedish origin.
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish Gøtstaf, possibly from Old Norse [Term?] Gautr ("Geats") and stafr ("staff") or 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.
Proper noun
Gustav c (genitive Gustavs)
- a male given name.
Usage notes
- Royal name, and popular given name in Sweden since the sixteenth century.
Related terms
- (male given names) Gösta
- (female given names) Gustava
- (surnames) Gustafsson, Gustavsson
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.
Anagrams
- English terms derived from Swedish
- English terms derived from Slavic languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Germanic languages
- Czech terms derived from Swedish
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech given names
- Czech male given names
- Danish terms derived from Swedish
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Estonian terms derived from Swedish
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Faroese terms derived from Swedish
- Faroese terms derived from Old Swedish
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- German terms derived from Swedish
- German terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Swedish
- Norwegian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Slavic languages
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names