Given name

Gustavs

Gustavs is a masculine given name from Swedish. It is used in Latvian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gustavs comes from Swedish.

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How it developed

From Swedish Gustav.

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Gustavs’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Gustavs has a short form in Gusts. In Latvian usage, Gustavs has a conventional equivalent in the English form Gustav. In Latvian usage, Gustavs has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Gustaw.

Walk Gustavs’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Gustavs has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.

Swedish

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Swedish

Gustáv

Gustáv is a masculine given name from Swedish. It is used in Czech and Slovak.

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>99% boys

Norwegian

Gunnerson

Gunnerson is a surname from Swedish, ultimately from Norwegian.

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Swedish

Gallén

Gallén is a surname from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

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Swedish

Utti

Utti is a surname from Old Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

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>99% boys

Swedish

Goranson

Goranson is a surname from Swedish.

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Swedish

Bottas

Bottas is a surname from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

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English

Oskars

Oskars is a masculine given name from Swedish, ultimately from English. It is used in Latvian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Swedish

Kristers

Kristers is a masculine given name from Swedish. It is used in Latvian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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