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Usage
Old Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Faroese
Icelandic
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Variant form of Gustaf [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Related Names
See Gustaf
Male
Gustavsen
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Gustavson
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Gustavssen
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Gustavsson
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Gustavssøn
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Gustavsøn
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Female
Gustavdatter
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Gustavsdatter
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Gustavsdotter
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Gustavsdóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Gustav
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Genitive: |
Gustavs
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- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Gustav
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Accusative: |
Gustav
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Dative: |
Gustavi
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Genitive: |
Gustavs
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Gustav
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Genitive: |
Gustavin
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Partitive: |
Gustavia
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Gustav
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Accusative: |
Gustav
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Dative: |
Gustav
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Genitive: |
Gustavs
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Gustav
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Genitive: |
Gustavs
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Gustav
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Genitive: |
Gustavs
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Name Days
Norway
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6 June
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 Finland (Swedish Language)
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6 June
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Sweden
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6 June
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
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
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Sweden[10] |
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21047 |
83836 |
3 |
13 |
21044 |
83823 |
Denmark[11] |
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7664 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
7664 |
n.a. |
Finland[12] |
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n.a. |
7255 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
7255 |
Greenland[13] |
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55 |
186 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[14] |
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8 |
10 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[15] |
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2573 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2573 |
n.a. |
#: 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
Sources: [10][11][15][12]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [16]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Gustav (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables