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 [ 2 syll. gus-tav, gu-st-av ] The boy name Gustav is pronounced GUHSTaaF KEY. Gustav's origin is Old Norse, and its use, Czech, French, German, Romanian, and Scandinavian. Gustav is a variation of the English, German, and Scandinavian Gustaf. Variants of Gustav include the Scandinavian short form Gösta and the English, Irish, Scandinavian, and Scottish short form Gus. Gustav is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1905, 0.015% of baby boys were given the name Gustav. It ranked at #482 then. The baby name has since experienced a substantial decline in frequency, and is of only sporadic use today. Within all boy names in its group, Gustav was nonetheless the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Gustav include the Dutch Gustaaf, the English, German, and Scandinavian Gustaf, the Dutch Gustaff, the Dutch Godlef, the English and French Gustave, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Gustavo, and the Hungarian Gusztáv. KEY: English pronunciation for Gustav: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; UH as in "hood (HH.UH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"   |
