Baby name
REVIVING
🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 Gustaf
/GOO · stahf/
Meaning
“Goth staff or god's staff”
Swedish form of Gustav, from Germanic elements possibly meaning Goth staff or god's staff; the name of six Swedish kings and the founder of modern Sweden.
Nicknames
gusse
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Royal and Nordic; aging beautifully in Scandinavia as a name with real backbone.
The cultural moment.
Reviving in Sweden since around 2010, now back in the top 50.