Gustav

name

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages.

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"Carl Gustav Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, always respected the religious convictions of his patients very much."

Etymology

A common royal name in Sweden, from Old Swedish Gøtstaf, from Old Norse Gautr (“Geat/Goth”) + stafr (“staff”). The oldest record in Sweden dates back to the year 1225 ("Gostauus"). In Peder Swart's chronicle about Gustav Vasa dated in the mid-1500s, the name is spelled Götstaff and is assumed to mean "Staff of the Geats."

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