Gustavo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled גוסטבו in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Gustavo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.1M records spelled Gustavo36 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Gustàvô, Gûstävô, Güstävö, Ģűsţavő, Gústávó

• a separate given name52K records spelled Gustavo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Bolivia

  Also written Gust-Avo

• Catalan given name27K records spelled Gustavo16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Gûstâvö, Gustavõ, Gustavō, Gùstávô, Güstãvö

• Lao given name8.4K records spelled Gustavo19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Kattawee, Gusttavo, Gústávó, กัสตาวี, Güstavo

• Polish given name4.1K records spelled Gustavo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Gústavo

• Russian given name3.4K records spelled Gustavo8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Russia, Peru

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Густаво, Gusttavo, Ґуставо

67 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Gustavo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Germánico: Chustaffus; etimología discutida, quizá ‘bastón/cetro de la batalla’ o ‘cetro divino’.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, Nome scandinavo, entrato tardi nell'onomastica italiana; forse da konung/konig 're' e stab/stai 'scettro'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Xome scandinavo, tardi entrato nell'onomaeticn italiana. Forse d a konung (konig) = re, e stab, stai = scettro. S. Gustavo, 2 agosto.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In German, männl. Vom., spanische [gus'tabo], italienische [gus'ta:vo] und portugiesische [gu/'tavu] Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• El cetro del rey, el cetro divino

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gustav II Adolfb. 1594SEnot in their usual nameSwedish king (regent 1611–1632) (1594–1632)
• Gustavo Adolfo Bécquerb. 1836ESSpanish poet
• Gustavo Díaz Ordazb. 1911MX56th President of Mexico
• Miguel Gustavob. 1922BRBrazilian journalist and musician
• Paco de Lucíab. 1947ESnot in their usual nameSpanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (1947-2014)
• Gustavo Petrob. 1960CO42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
• Gustavo Poyetb. 1967UYUruguayan association football player and manager
• Gustavo Kuertenb. 1976BRBrazilian tennis player
• Gustavo Dudamelb. 1981VEVenezuelan conductor and violinist
• Luiz Gustavob. 1987BRBrazilian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 894 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gustavo?

We estimate roughly 801 thousand people bear Gustavo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Gustavo have the most bearers?

Gustavo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled gustavo.

How common is Gustavo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Gustavo is the 40th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Gustavo a male or female name?

Gustavo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Gustavo mean?

Recorded meaning: From Scandinavian Gustaf.