Gustaw

From Swedish Gustav.

A royal name in Sweden, traditionally explained (even by Gustav I Vasa himself) as Swedish göt + staf (“staff”, literally “support (of the Geats, southern Swedes)”)". But there is no such name in Old Norse, and Gustav is more probably a Swedish rendering of Old Polish / north-west Slavic Gostislav, from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ, from *gostь (“guest”) + *slava (“glory”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡus.taf/

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• Rhymes: -ustaf
• Syllabification: Gus‧taw

Gustaw m pers

1. a male given name
2. a male surname

Gustaw f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname