Gustav
A boys’ name of Germanic origin, meaning staff of the Goths, royal staff.
Babies a year
8
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2664
8 babies
Gustav by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Gustav. In the US, 31 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 99 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gustav. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gustavostaff of the Goths485 in the US (2017)
- Gustavestaff of the Goths; from Gustav18 in the US (2017)
- Gustafstaff of the Goths; a form of Gustav10 in the US (2017)
- Gustasmajestic; august; a form of Augustus3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gustawmajestic; august; a form of Augustus3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gurtajcrown of virtue or knowledge16 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Gustav, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Henryruler of the home2,295 in England and Wales (2025)
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Arthurbear; the legendary king3,211 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gustav
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