Gustav Forename
11,212th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 89,917 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden
Gustav Forename User-submission:
The name Gustav (Gustave) means 'protected by God', 'people of the Goths' or 'glorious guest'.
It comes from the Swedish name Gustaf, from the Germanic Chustaffus, which means 'protected by God'.
Gustav Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 45,509 | 1:2,124 | 341 |
| Sweden | 100% | 15,636 | 1:630 | 121 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,962 | 1:1,716 | 258 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,347 | 1:12,545 | 2,001 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,371 | 1:8,005 | 832 |
| United States | 100% | 3,191 | 1:113,612 | 4,850 |
| Czechia | 99% | 1,805 | 1:5,904 | 364 |
| Denmark | - | 1,518 | 1:3,722 | 499 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,475 | 1:3,480 | 502 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,337 | 1:6,143 | 787 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 608 | 1:86,823 | 5,128 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 595 | 1:8,924 | 405 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 589 | 1:437,969 | 34,307 |
| Finland | 100% | 557 | 1:9,844 | 802 |
| Brazil | 100% | 375 | 1:571,296 | 17,954 |
| Canada | 100% | 371 | 1:89,308 | 4,739 |
| Namibia | - | 301 | 1:7,987 | 1,027 |
| England | 100% | 285 | 1:195,098 | 5,807 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 281 | 1:262,732 | 10,825 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Thailand | 100% | 206 | 1:340,125 | 18,351 |
| Estonia | 100% | 200 | 1:6,577 | 890 |
| Israel | 96% | 182 | 1:46,170 | 2,966 |
| Russia | 97% | 166 | 1:868,878 | 7,867 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 154 | 1:140,328 | 6,607 |
| Serbia | 100% | 149 | 1:47,958 | 1,996 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 127 | 1:133,087 | 6,061 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 81 | 1:89,343 | 2,397 |
| Croatia | 100% | 75 | 1:56,228 | 1,827 |
| Italy | 100% | 62 | 1:984,872 | 8,569 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 48 | 1:789 | 178 |
| France | 100% | 47 | 1:1,414,263 | 9,545 |
| Australia | - | 46 | 1:296,905 | 6,027 |
| New Zealand | - | 45 | 1:100,801 | 4,277 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 42 | 1:58,542 | 2,230 |
| Greenland | - | 41 | 1:1,375 | 278 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Philippines | 97% | 37 | 1:2,865,121 | 57,898 |
| Botswana | 100% | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Belgium | 100% | 30 | 1:383,001 | 6,933 |
| Chile | 100% | 30 | 1:586,907 | 6,668 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| India | 100% | 27 | 1:44,995,480 | 799,701 |
| Mexico | 100% | 27 | 1:4,597,942 | 19,118 |
| China | - | 20 | 1:68,302,789 | 63,189 |
| Zambia | - | 19 | 1:834,463 | 14,732 |
| Ecuador | - | 17 | 1:1,042,760 | 8,001 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 15 | 1:2,029,996 | 58,888 |
| Spain | - | 14 | 1:3,323,569 | 14,016 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Argentina | 100% | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Hungary | 100% | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Lebanon | 90% | 11 | 1:511,597 | 6,402 |
| Scotland | 100% | 11 | 1:486,397 | 6,140 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Uganda | 100% | 9 | 1:4,550,769 | 42,499 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9 | 1:3,355,766 | 50,812 |
| Belize | 100% | 8 | 1:44,289 | 3,463 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6 | 1:29,594,060 | 217,150 |
| Singapore | - | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Iceland | 100% | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Transnistria | - | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Gustáv (2,876), Gústav (41) & Güstav (2) are calculated separately.
Gustav (1,079) may also be a surname.
Gustav Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Gustav (Gustave) means 'protected by God', 'people of the Goths' or 'glorious guest'.
It comes from the Swedish name Gustaf, from the Germanic Chustaffus, which means 'protected by God'.
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in Russia
Sample size: 11 (2016)
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Gustav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gustav in the Russian language | ||
| Густав | gustav | - |
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