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Gustaf

male

Meaning

"Staff of the Goths"

Swedish variant of Gustav, historically borne by Scandinavian royalty and rooted in Germanic ethnonymic elements.

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Popularity History of Gustaf

Full SSA rank history from 1880 to 2024

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SSA did not record this spelling in the national rankings for the available chart years. Names used fewer than 5 times in a year are omitted from the dataset.

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Gustaf did not appear in the national SSA rankings for 2024.

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no national rank in 2024

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. Names used fewer than 5 times in a given year are not ranked.

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Baby Name Lists That Include Gustaf

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Quick Facts

OriginSwedish, Germanic
Syllables2
Length6 letters

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