Meaning of the nameGustavo

Male
Germanic origin
Gus-ta-vo

Gustavo is a male name that comes from Swedish, a form of Gustav, a Norse name of uncertain etymology.

Meaning

The meaning of Gustavo is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 680,738
Rank in Brazil: #19
Median age: 17 years
2010 Census: 541,480; people

Gustavo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gustavo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (263,951 people).

4,721 women 676,017 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Gustavo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Gustavo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Paraná 0.447%
São Paulo 0.443%
Santa Catarina 0.441%
Distrito Federal 0.427%
Goiás 0.398%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	196,832	0.443%
Minas Gerais	78,696	0.383%
Paraná	51,122	0.447%
Rio de Janeiro	47,279	0.295%
Rio Grande do Sul	40,207	0.369%
Bahia	37,219	0.263%
Santa Catarina	33,547	0.441%
Goiás	28,116	0.398%
Pará	18,284	0.225%
Pernambuco	17,639	0.195%
Ceará	15,121	0.172%
Maranhão	13,934	0.206%
Espírito Santo	12,862	0.336%
Mato Grosso	12,399	0.339%
Distrito Federal	12,036	0.427%
Amazonas	9,802	0.249%
Mato Grosso do Sul	9,543	0.346%
Paraíba	8,094	0.204%
Piauí	6,375	0.195%
Alagoas	5,936	0.190%
Sergipe	5,335	0.241%
Rio Grande do Norte	5,325	0.161%
Rondônia	5,131	0.325%
Tocantins	4,704	0.311%
Amapá	1,845	0.251%
Acre	1,836	0.221%
Roraima	1,519	0.239%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Gustavo

According to Wiktionary, Gustavo is a male name from Swedish, equivalent to Gustav, and Behind the Name defines it as the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Gustav. Wiktionary's Swedish entry derives Gustav from Old Swedish Gøtstaf, from Old Norse Gautr ('Geats') and stafr ('staff'). Behind the Name treats the reading 'staff of the Geats' only as possible, notes that the Old Norse form is poorly attested, and points to another hypothesis, the Old Slavic name Gostislav; for this reason the meaning is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 680,738 people named Gustavo, a name almost always male, with a median age of 17. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná, and Wiktionary cites Gusttavo as a variant.

Sources

Wiktionary: Gustavo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Gustav (Swedish) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Gustavo · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Gustav · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Gustavo

What does the name Gustavo mean?

The meaning of Gustavo is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Gustavo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 680,738 people with the first name Gustavo, which ranks it number 19 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Gustavo a boy's or a girl's name?

Gustavo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 4,721 women and 676,017 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gustavo?

Gustavo is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gustavo most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.447% of the state's population is named Gustavo (51,122 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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