Baby name
REVIVING
🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇦🇹 Gustav
/GOOS · tav/
Meaning
“Staff of the Goths or royal staff”
Swedish and German, from Old Swedish Gautr-stafr meaning 'staff of the Goths' or 'royal staff'.
Nicknames
gus · gusse
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Royal and Scandinavian; carried by Swedish kings and Klimt the painter.
The cultural moment.
Reviving in Sweden and Germany; Gus as a nickname is driving interest in English-speaking markets too.