Given name & surname
Gust
“one who is venerable; majestic”·“from the staff of the gods”
Gust is a diminutive of August. One Latin interpretation is “one who is venerable; majestic.” Gust is a variant of Gustava. In Swedish use, Gustava carries the interpretation “from the staff of the gods.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gust is a diminutive of August. One Latin interpretation is “one who is venerable; majestic.” Gust is a variant of Gustava. In Swedish use, Gustava carries the interpretation “from the staff of the gods.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gust is a diminutive of August. An origin associated with August is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Gust is a diminutive of August.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Gust is a diminutive of August. The history of August gives this family its wider story. August has historical associations with royal or imperial families.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Gust through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,871
- 1,871 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 59 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 439 as a first name in 2020; 3,186 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gust’s family of names
In German usage, Gust is a diminutive of August. In East Central German usage, Gust shares a linguistic root with the German form Gustav. Gust has a related form in Gustava.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gust has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gust
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