Given name
Kustaa
Kustaa is used as a given name. Kustaa is connected with Gustav.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kustaa is a form of Gustav. Gustav has been associated with Old Norse and Danish naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish use, Kustaa is used as a form of Gustav.
The story
Kustaa is a form of Gustav. The history of Gustav gives this family its wider story. Gustav has historical associations with Scandinavian royalty.
Explained through its name family
Kustaa’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kustaa has a diminutive in Kusti. Kustaa shares a linguistic root with Gustav. In Finnish usage, Kustaa has a related form in Kyösti.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kustaa
- Kustaa PihlajamäkiOlympic wrestler (1902–1944)
- Kustaa VilkunaFinnish ethnologist, linguist, historian and politician (1902–1980)
- Kustaa RovioFinnish Communist politician killed during the Great Purge (1887-1938)
- Kustaa Aadolf InkeriFinnish mathematician and astronomer (1908–1997)
- Kustaa TiituFinnish farmer and politician1896–1990
- Samuel LehtonenFinnish bishop (1921–2010)
- Kustaa TapolaFinnish general (1895-1971)
- Kustaa KarjalainenFinnish linguist1871–1919
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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