It’s traditional sounding, and strong, very masculine. I was friends with a Hispanic country boy named Gustavo in high school. He flew a giant American flag off the back of his massive truck every day. The name makes me think of cowboy hats, and greasy hands under an engine. LOL.
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Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia (1915 – 1964) was an American civil rights attorney. Garcia worked with fellow attorney Carlos Cadena in the landmark case Hernández v. Texas (1954), arguing before the US Supreme Court for the end of a practice of systematic exclusion of Hispanics from jury service in Jackson County, Texas. Even though Mexican Americans composed more than 10% of the county's population, no person of Mexican ancestry had served on a jury there and in 70 other Texas counties in over 25 years. The high court, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, ruled that United States citizens could not be excluded from jury duty based on national origin, because such exclusion denied the accused a jury of his peers.
The popularity of this name just had a "rebound". For many decades, it got more popular. Then in 2000, the popularity dropped. The "rebound" always happens to names that get too popular. Parents don't want a very popular name, so it will be used less.
Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, (Seville February 17, 1836 – Madrid December 22, 1870) was a Spanish post-romanticist writer of poetry and short stories, now considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had done earlier. He was associated with the post-romanticism movement and wrote while realism was enjoying success in Spain. He was moderately well known during his life, but it was after his death that most of his works were published.His best known works are the Rhymes and the Legends, usually published together as Rimas y leyendas. These poems and tales are essential to the study of Spanish literature and common reading for high-school students in Spanish-speaking countries.His work approached the traditional poetry and themes in a modern way, and is considered the founder of modern Spanish lyricism. Bécquer's influence on 20th century poets of the Spanish language can be felt in the works of Octavio Paz and Giannina Braschi.
My brother's name is Gustavo. He likes his name but it is very rare in the US, however in Spanish speaking countries you hear it more often. Some people call him Gus for short.