Gustav

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Faroese
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Variant form of Gustaf ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

See Gustaf

Name Days

Norway

6 June

Finland (Swedish Language)

6 June

Sweden

6 June

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Gustav
Accusative:	Gustav
Dative:	Gustav
Genitive:	Gustavs

- Faroese
Nominative:	Gustav
Accusative:	Gustav
Dative:	Gustavi
Genitive:	Gustavs

Further Information

Namesakes

Gustav Vasa / Gustav I. (born Göstaff Eriksson), 12th May, 1496 - 29th September, 1560, King of Sweden 1523-1560

Gustav II Adolf (Latinised name: Gustavus Adolphus Magnus), 9th December, 1594 - 6th November, 1632, King of Sweden 1611-1632

Carl XVI Gustav Folke Hubertus, Sveriges Konung (King of Sweden) * 30th April, 1946

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		0	1	18983	80029
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	6576	n.a
Norway[6]		0	0	1015	1621
Finland[7]		n.a.	1	n.a	6678
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][6][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi