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Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. He is best known for composing The Planets, a seven-movement orchestral suite written between 1914 and 1917.
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Can't believe nobody has mentioned Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed one of the most famous landmarks in the world, the Eiffel Tower.
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It’s very cute, I love it.
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Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav
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Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: GUYS-tav (Swedish, Norwegian), GUWS-taf (German), GOO-stahv (Finnish), GOOS-tahv (English), GUHS-təv (English)
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Pronounced: GUYS-tav (Swedish, Norwegian), GUWS-taf (German), GOO-stahv (Finnish), GOOS-tahv (English), GUHS-təv (English)
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Also Czech: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav [noted -ed]
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Gustav Ahr aka Lil Peep.
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Gustav Sebald character in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
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In 2018, 2 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Gustav who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 6, 127th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
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Wow, no one has yet to comment a personal impression on this name. Anyway, I used to think this name was Russian due the ending. It’s weird but a good name to me and you could use the cute nickname “Gus”!
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Hurricane Gustav (2008) was the second most destructive hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The seventh tropical cyclone, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, Gustav caused serious damage and casualties in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the United States.
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Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter. His works include "The Kiss" and "The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (also called The Golden Lady)"
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Pronounced "GOO-stahw" in Danish.
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Gustav (1887-1944), whose full name was Christian Frederik Vilhelm Valdemar Gustav, was the youngest son of King Frederik VIII of Denmark and his wife Louise.
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Gustav "Gus" Griswald, one of the main characters of the Disney Cartoon "Recess", holds this name.
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This name is Swedish and its meaning is honored guest of god. It means this because Gus is the old name for god in Swedish and tav is an old word for guest in Swedish. I was informed about the words from a Swedish friend of mine, and it does have this meaning at least in Sweden. It may have other meanings in other languages or countries.
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Gustav Schafer is the drummer of the German pop/rock band Tokio Hotel!
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Pronounced like GUS-tahv in Swedish. Another spelling of this name is Gustaf, pronounced like GUS-tahf.
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Garfield (the cartoon cat) is called Gustav in Sweden. Gurra is sometimes heard as pet name.
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A notable bearer of the name was the German composer Gustav Mahler and the British composer Gustav Holst who wrote the famous "Planets" Suite.
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Gustav Mahler was not German but a Bohemian-born Austrian composer and conductor.
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