Gustave Forename

7,582nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 137,931 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Gustave Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Goth’s staff.

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Gustave Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo
99%
 
85,7671:861171
Burundi
100%
10,1381:977312
Cameroon
100%
8,6321:2,504474
Rwanda-7,4931:1,518320
France
100%
5,0001:13,294755
United States
100%
2,9161:124,3275,170
Haiti
100%
2,7791:3,860583
Belgium
100%
2,2131:5,192764
Togo-1,8951:3,820631
Ethiopia
100%
1,6181:60,2975,277
Benin
100%
1,2721:8,3141,208
Ivory Coast
99%
 
9811:23,5232,060
Canada
100%
9761:33,9482,588
Gabon
100%
9621:1,958462
Congo
91%
 
8921:5,616808
Burkina Faso
100%
5991:30,6842,462
Chad
100%
4941:27,5273,248
Guinea
100%
4561:26,0061,171
Ghana-2811:96,0364,158
Mali
100%
2761:61,5143,059
Tanzania
100%
2711:194,7918,212
Switzerland
100%
2681:30,6471,734
French Polynesia-2431:1,144256
Senegal
100%
2201:66,2792,315
Luxembourg
100%
1711:3,299423
South Africa
100%
1481:368,46419,472
Malawi
100%
1061:161,4377,641
Dominican Republic-991:105,3665,394
Brazil
100%
701:3,060,51656,278
England
100%
551:1,010,96216,753
Netherlands
100%
551:307,3119,515
New Caledonia
100%
521:5,195708
Central African Republic-491:92,151221
Papua New Guinea
100%
431:189,58916,259
Germany
100%
371:2,612,91613,583
Seychelles-321:2,896621
Mauritius-261:49,9153,034
United States Virgin Islands-221:4,988824
Uganda
100%
201:2,047,84626,620
Zambia-201:792,74014,411
Saint Lucia
94%
 
191:9,3591,306
Botswana-161:136,52810,720
Austria
100%
141:608,1575,259
Sweden
100%
141:704,13615,982
Thailand
100%
141:5,004,70192,981
Nigeria
71%
 
131:13,658,797139,235
Philippines
100%
121:8,834,123129,598
Italy
100%
91:6,784,67726,090
Kenya-91:5,145,23427,509
Madagascar-91:2,625,4903,077
Mozambique-91:3,027,0402,336
Liberia
100%
81:551,50814,444
China-71:195,150,82673,144
Saint Kitts and Nevis-71:7,8371,103
Ecuador-61:2,954,48613,743
Indonesia-61:42,993,945799,692
Israel
 
88%
61:1,400,48616,782
Colombia-51:9,555,78540,229
Norway-51:1,026,46614,100
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
100%
51:1,263280
Lesotho
100%
41:509,99925,489
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
41:27,8953,010
Somalia-41:3,381,4675,208
Spain-41:11,632,49119,317
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Mexico-31:41,381,47674,307
Peru
100%
31:10,597,15158,549
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
Algeria-21:19,088,36022,377
Anguilla
100%
21:6,628945
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Mauritania-21:2,047,62019,390
Niger-21:9,591,99755,581
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Saint Barthelemy-11:9,555215
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222

Gustave (23,847) may also be a surname.

Gustave Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Goth’s staff.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

User-submitted Reference

This forename comes from the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the name Gustav or Gustaf from Old Swedish origin. It is possibly derived from the Old Norse elements gautr 'geats', gutar/gotar 'goths' or goðōs 'gods', and stafr 'staff'. Another etymology speculates that the name may be of Medieval Slavic origin, from the name Gostislav, a compound word for 'glorious guest', from the Medieval Slavic words gosti 'guest' and slava 'glory' and was adopted by migrating groups north and west into Germany and Scandinavia.

- gustavol

This name has several origins.

From the Germanic name Chustaffus, which means 'protected by God'.

From the Old Norse name Gautstafr, which comes from the words gautr, meaning 'Gothic', and stafr, meaning 'personal'. Therefore the name means 'Goth people'.

From the Slavic name Gostislav, which comes from the terms gost, meaning 'guest', and slav, meaning 'glory'. Therefore the name means 'glorious guest'.

- gustavosantiago

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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