Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for

Swedish monarchs This is a list of Swedish kings, queens, regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union. History The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work '' Germania'', c. 100 AD (the king of the Suiones). Ho ...

since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from

Gustav Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media *Primeval (film), ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film *Gustav (film series), ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hu ...

/ˈɡʊstɑːv/, also spelled Gustaf, of

Old Swedish Old Swedish (Swedish language, Modern Swedish: ) is the name for two distinct stages of the Swedish language that were spoken in the Middle Ages: Early Old Swedish (), spoken from about 1225 until about 1375, and Late Old Swedish (), spoken fro ...

origin, meaning “staff of the Gods/ Goths” or “great royal staff” or "staff of the

Geats The Geats ( ; ang, gēatas ; non, gautar ; sv, götar ), sometimes called ''Goths'', were a large North Germanic tribe who inhabited ("land of the Geats") in modern southern Sweden from antiquity until the late Middle Ages. They are one of th ...

", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr ("Geat") and stafr ("staff"). Other Swedish variants/derivatives: Gösta, Göstav, Gustafsson, Gustavsson. Such a name is also etymologically indicative of a Slavonic origin (through Swedish) from "Gostislav", a compound word from Old Slavic "Gost'" ("guest") and "slava" ("glory"). Other Slavonic variants/derivatives: Goslav, Gustaw, Gusti, Gustik, Gusty. Such a name in the United States also bears diminutive forms in English, which serve as nick names: Gus, Gussie, Gussy, Goose. To avoid confusion, note that these nick names are also commonly used for a different class of names: Augustine, Augustus, etc.

People with the name

Brazil has the highest count, over half a million, of people bearing the name. Mexico and Argentina follows, each having over a quarter million count. Uruguay, a nation between Argentina and Brazil, has the highest density of people bearing the name.

Drama, film and television

Gustavo Alatriste Gustavo Miguel Alatriste (25 August 1922 – 22 July 2006) was a Mexican actor, director, and producer of films. Biography He was married from 1961 through 1967 to the actress Silvia Pinal. They had one daughter, actress Viridiana Alatriste ( ...

, Mexican actor, director, and producer of films, married to Silvia Pinal * Gustavo Aguerre (born 1953), Argentine artist, curator, writer, and theatre designer * Gustavo Sorola, American actor, podcast host, and co-founder of the American company, Rooster Teeth

Engineering, religion and science

Gustavo Colonnetti Gustavo Colonnetti (8 November 1886 – 20 March 1968) was an Italian mathematician and engineer who made important contributions to continuum mechanics and strength of materials. He was a Rector of the Politecnico di Torino and President of CNR ...

(1886–1968), Italian mathematician and engineer * Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino (born 1928), Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest regarded as the founder of Liberation Theology at the University of Notre Dame *

Gustavo Tamayo Gustavo E. Tamayo is a Colombian ophthalmologist known for developing a refractive surgery method known as Contoured Ablation Patterns (CAP), which enables doctors to make surgeries faster and at an easier rate. Tamayo has also developed and paten ...

, Colombian ophthalmologist *

Gustavo Marín Gustavo Marín, a Chilean-French economist and sociologist, is noted in particular for his key role in the creation and development of the longstanding international network, the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World. He was Director ...

, Chilean-French economist and sociologist * Gustavo Scuseria (born 1956), Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Professor of Materials Science & NanoEngineering at Rice University

Music

Gustavo Angel Los Temerarios are a Mexican Grupera band from Fresnillo, Zacatecas started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years, they were known as ''Conjunto La Brisa''. ''Los Temerario ...

(born 1968), Mexican singer of Los Temerarios *

Gustavo Assis-Brasil Gustavo Assis-Brasil is a Brazilian-American guitarist. He is considered a pioneer in the study and development of the hybrid picking technique for guitar. In 2005, he released the book ''Hybrid Picking for Guitar''. Career In 1999 he received a ...

, Brazilian jazz guitarist *

Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (August 26, 1925 – January 3, 2010) was a Chilean composer. Biography and Career Becerra-Schmidt was born in Temuco, Chile. He studied at The Chilean National Conservatory, and was taught by Pedro Humberto Allende. The ...

(born 1925), Chilean composer * Gustavs Butelis (born 1978), Latvian rapper and producer known professionally as Gustavo * Gustavo Gonzalez, also known as Big Duke, member of American hip-hop group Psycho Realm * Gustavo Cerati (1959-2014), Argentine artist and songwriter * Gustavo Cordera (born 1964), Argentine rock musician * Gustavo Dudamel (born 1981), Venezuelan conductor * Gustavo Lapis Ahumad, founding member of American goth rock band Bitter Grace * Gustavo Ramírez Reyes, Mexican musician and composer * Gustavo Santander, Colombian composer * Gustavo Santaolalla (born 1952), Argentine musician, producer, and composer * Gusttavo Lima (born 1989), Brazilian singer, song writer and record producer

Military and politics

Gustavo A. Madero Gustavo Adolfo Madero González (16 January 187518 February 1913), born in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico, was a participant in the Mexican Revolution against Porfirio Díaz along with other members of his wealthy family. He was als ...

(1875–1913), participant in the Mexican Revolution *

Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero (born 26 November 1946) was Vice President of Guatemala for President Jorge Serrano from 1991 to 1993, and President from June 1–5, 1993. Presidency Serrano attempted a self-coup on May 25, 1993, but was forced ...

(born c.1946), former vice-president of Guatemala * Gustavo Arcos Bergnes (1926–2006), Cuban revolutionary alongside Fidel Castro * Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños Cacho (1911–1979), former President of Mexico *

Gustavo Espinoza Gustavo Espinoza Roman is a Peruvian politician and a former Congressman representing Lambayeque for the 2006–2011 term. Espinoza was originally elected to Congress, as a member of the Union for Peru party, but left it after the election due t ...

, Peruvian politician and Congressman *

Gustavo Esteva Gustavo Esteva (born August 20, 1936 in Mexico City - died March 17, 2022 in Oaxaca was a Mexican activist, "deprofessionalized intellectual" and founder of the Universidad de la Tierra in the Mexican city of Oaxaca. He was one of the best known ...

, Mexican activist who founded the Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, Mexico *

Gustavo Jiménez Gustavo Jiménez (5 April 1886 – 15 March 1933) was a Peruvian colonel who served as Interim President of Peru, officially as the President of the Provisional Government Junta, in 1931. Jiménez, who was born in Tarma, organised one of several ...

(c.1886–1933), Peruvian Colonel who served as President of Peru for six days * Gustavo Leigh Guzmán (1920–1999), representative of the Air Force in the Government Junta that ruled Chile * Gustavo Noboa Bejarano (born 1937), politician and former President of Ecuador * Gustavo Petricioli (born 1928), Mexican economist and ambassador to the United States * Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900–1975), former military dictator and Colombian political figure *

Gustavo Vázquez Montes Gustavo Alberto Vázquez Montes (August 16, 1962 – February 24, 2005) was a Mexican politician. At the time of his death he was serving as the Governor of Colima, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vázquez Montes wa ...

(1962–2005), Mexican politician of the PRI, governor of Colima * , a Spanish politician and diplomat *

Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos (born 1 September 1956) is a São Toméan diplomat. He was Foreign Minister from April 2006, when the government of Prime Minister Tomé Vera Cruz took office, until he was replaced by Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeno on N ...

, São Toméan diplomat and Foreign Minister

Sports

Gustavo Adrián López Gustavo Adrián López Pablo (born 13 April 1973) is an Argentinian former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 310 matches and 33 goals ...

(born 1973), Argentine footballer * Gustavo Andrés Oberman (born 1985), Argentine footballer *

Gustavo Ayón Gustavo Alfonso Ayón Aguirre (born April 1, 1985) is a Mexican former professional basketball player. His last team was Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He also represents the senior Mexican national basketball te ...

, Mexican basketball player * Gustavo Badell (born 1972), Venezuelan IFBB professional bodybuilder * Gustavo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer * Gustavo Benítez (born 1953), Paraguayan football defender and manager * Gustavo Boccoli (born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Gustavo Borges (born 1972), Brazilian swimmer * Gustavo Cabrera (born 1979), Guatemalan footballer *

Gustavo Chacín Gustavo Adolfo Chacín (; born December 4, 1980) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. Career Toronto Blue Jays In 2004, Chacín led all minor leaguers with 18 wins, and was the 24th pitcher used by the Blue Jays, tying the te ...

(born 1980), starting pitcher in Major League Baseball * Gustavo Santos Costa (born 1996), Brazilian footballer for Hồ Chí Minh City F.C. *

Gustavo Dezotti Gustavo Abel Dezotti (born 14 February 1964) is an Argentine former Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He played most of his career for Newell's Old Boys in Argentina and was part of the team ...

, Argentine football striker *

Gustavo Endres Gustavo Endres (born August 23, 1975 in Passo Fundo, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team in 1997-2008, Olympic Champion Athens 2004, silver medalist of the Olympic Games from Beijin ...

, Brazilian volleyball player *

Gustavo Enrique García Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, a ...

(born 1980), Mexican footballer *

Gustavo Gómez Gustavo Raúl Gómez Portillo (; born 6 May 1993) is a Paraguayan footballer who currently plays as a defender for and captains the Brazilian Serie A club Palmeiras and the Paraguay national team. Club career Lanús Gómez is considered one ...

(born 1993), Paraguayan footballer * Gustavo Kuerten (born 1976), Brazilian tennis player *

Gustavo Marzi Gustavo Marzi (25 November 1908 – 14 November 1966) was an Italian fencer. He competed in foil and sabre events at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won a gold or silver medal in every event he entered, except for individual sabre in 1928, ...

(1908–1966), Italian fencer *

Gustavo Manduca Gustavo Manduca (born 8 June 1980) is a Brazilian former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward or an Midfielder (association football)#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder, currently a Man ...

(born 1980), Brazilian footballer *

Gustavo Méndez Gustavo Emilio Méndez Techera (born 3 February 1971) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender. He played for several clubs, including Nacional (Uruguay), Vicenza Calcio (Italy) and Torino FC (Italy). Whilst at Vicenza he won ...

(born 1971), Uruguayan footballer *

Gustavo Méndez (referee) Gustavo Méndez (born November 24, 1967) is a football (soccer) Referee (association football), referee from Uruguay, best known for supervising two matches at the Copa América 2004 in Peru. He also led four games during the 2006 FIFA World Cup q ...

(born 1967), Uruguayan football (soccer) referee *

Gustavo Morínigo Gustavo Eliseo Morínigo Vázquez (born 23 January 1977) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Ceará. Club career Born in Coronel Oviedo, Morínigo was a Libertad youth gr ...

(born 1977), Paraguayan football midfielder *

Gustavo Munúa Gustavo Adolfo Munúa Vera (born 27 January 1978) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently manager of Argentine club Unión de Santa Fe. After starting out at Nacional he spent most of his professional career in S ...

(born 1978), Uruguayan football goalkeeper *

Gustavo Nascimento da Costa Gustavo Nascimento da Costa (born 20 March 1995), known as Gustavo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Olympiakos Nicosia. His brother is the ex Bulgarian national and Ludogorets Razgrad player, Marcelinho. ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer *

Gustavo Nery Gustavo Nery de Sá da Silva (born 22 July 1977) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Career In February 2014, it was announced Nery would join Bundesliga club Werder Bremen on a four-year contract from São ...

(born 1977), Brazilian footballer *

Gustavo Oliveros Gustavo Oliveros (born 18 June 1946) is a Cuban fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of t ...

(born 1946), Cuban fencer *

Gustavo Lobo Paradeda Gustavo Lobo Paradeda (born 5 October 1979), simply known as Gustavo, is a Brazilian born Russian futsal player who plays for MFK Dinamo Moskva and the Russian national futsal team The Russian national futsal team (russian: Сборная Ро ...

(born 1979), Brazilian-born Russian futsal player * Gustavo Poyet (born 1967), Uruguayan footballer * Gustavo Pereira (born 1997), Brazilian footballer for Retrô *

Gustavo Quinteros Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desabato (born 15 February 1965) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Chilean club Colo-Colo. Born in Argentina, he played for the Bolivia nat ...

Desabato (born 1965), Bolivian football player and coach * Gustavo Salgueiro de Almeida Correia (born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Gustavo Sant'Ana Santos (born 1995), Brazilian footballer for Sài Gòn * Gustavo Claudio da Silva (born 1988), Brazilian footballer for Nakhon Si United *

Gustavo Valderrama Gustavo Valderrama (born July 31, 1977, in Zulia State) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the final Valderrama's tea ...

(born 1977), Venezuelan volleyball player *

Gustavo Varela Gustavo Antonio Varela Rodríguez (born 14 May 1978) is a Uruguayan former footballer. He was a versatile right sided player who also could "be played as a lone striker, behind the front two" or at the heart of midfield. Career Varela started ...

(born 1978), Uruguayan footballer *

Luis Gustavo Dias Luiz Gustavo Dias (born 23 July 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Professional League club Al-Nassr. He began his career as a left back, but has played mostly as a defensive midfielder, ...

(born 1987), Brazilian footballer * Arthur Gustavo Malzahn III (born 1965), American Football coach

Writing

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (), was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented ...

(1836–1870), Spanish writer of poetry and short stories *

Gustavo Adolfo Martínez Zuviría Gustavo Adolfo Martínez Zuviría (October 23, 1883March 28, 1962), best known under his pseudonym Hugo Wast, was a renowned Argentine novelist and script writer. Biography Born Gustavo Martínez Zuviría in Córdoba, Argentina, his family reloca ...

(1883–1962), novelist and scriptwriter from Argentina *

Gustavo Adolfo Mellander Gustavo "Gus" Adolfo Mellander is a leader in the field of university and college administration in the United States. He served as dean of academic affairs and interim chancellor at Inter American University of Puerto Rico, 1966–69,The San Jua ...

(born 1935), Swedish-Panamanian writer, professor, college president, and historian *

Gustavo Pérez Firmat Gustavo Pérez Firmat was born in 1949, Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami, Florida. He attended Miami-Dade Community College, the University of Miami, and the University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. He taught a ...

(born 1949), Cuban-American writer, poet, professor *

Gustavo Gorriti Gustavo Andrés Gorriti Ellenbogen (born 4 February 1948, Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian journalist known for his reporting on rebel groups, government corruption, and drug trafficking. In 2011, the European Journalism Centre described him as having ...

, Peruvian journalist *

Gustavo Sainz Gustavo Sainz (13 July 1940 – 26 June 2015) was a Spanish language author from Mexico. Biography Sainz was born in Mexico City. As the son of journalist José Luis Sainz, Gustavo Sainz learned how to read at the age of three from his paternal gra ...

(born 1940), Spanish language author from Mexico

Other professions

* Gustavo C. Garcia (1915–1964), American civil rights attorney and advocate * Gustavo Charif (born 1966), Argentine artist * Gustavo Cisneros (born 1946), Venezuelan-born media mogul *

Gustavo Franco Gustavo Henrique de Barroso Franco (born April 10, 1956, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian economist. Former Governor of the Brazilian Central Bank, is best known for being one of the "fathers" of the Real Plan, the 1994 monetary reform that ended ...

, former President of the Brazilian Central Bank Bank * Gustavo Gianetti (born 1979), Brazilian model, Mister World 2003 *

Gustavo Martínez Zuviría Gustavo Martínez Zuviría (28 December 1915 – 27 April 1991) was de facto Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern ...

, de facto Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina *

Gustavo Rol Gustavo Adolfo Rol (Turin June 1903 – 22 September 1994) was an Italian parapsychologist, philosopher and painter. His devotees consider him to have been a great spiritual master and have testified to miraculous feats he supposedly accompli ...

(1903–1994), Italian sensitive *

Gustavo R. Vincenti Gustavo Romeo Vincenti (26 August 1888 – 25 April 1974) was a Maltese architect and developer. Born into a wealthy and business oriented family in Valletta and Floriana, he was able to purchase land and design and build buildings which he woul ...

(1888–1974), Maltese architect and developer

Fictional characters

Gustavo Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, a ...

, in the video game ''Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'' * Gustavo, in the children's animated series '' Thomas & Friends'' * Gustavo Fring, in the American television drama series ''Breaking Bad'' on AMC *

Gustavo Rocque ''Big Time Rush'' is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013 and is currently available in Paramount+. It focuses on the Hollywood misa ...

, on the show ''Big Time Rush'' * Dr. Gustavo Bauer, in Season 6, Episode 16 (Room 147) of the ABC television drama series ''Castle'' * Gustavo Borracha, major antagonist in Maintenance.