Given name
Gustáv
Gustáv is a masculine given name from Swedish. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Gustáv developed from Gustav.
Gustáv’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Gustáv has a diminutive in Gustík. In Slovak usage, Gustáv developed from the Swedish form Gustav. In Slovak usage, Gustáv has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Gustav.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Gustavoequivalent
- Gustavroot · Swedish, Czech
- Gustaveequivalent
- Gustavusequivalent
- Gustafequivalent
- Göstaequivalent
- Gustawequivalent
- Gustauequivalent
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People named Gustáv
- Gustáv HusákCzechoslovak politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (1913-1991)
- Gustáv MrázSlovak footballer1934–2025
- Gustáv SlamečkaCzech minister of transport and managerborn 1959
- Gustáv PappCzechoslovak surgeon, music educator and opera singer (1919-1997)
- Gustáv ReussSlovak doctor, botanist, writer, historian, ethnographer, archaeologist, geographer and astronomer (1818-1861)
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