Gustaw
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GOOS-taf
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Gustaw is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “staff of the Geats”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Gustaw mean?
Scandinavian: Polish form of Gustav, a Swedish name
“staff of the Geats”
In Mickiewicz's drama Forefathers' Eve, the lovesick Gustaw is reborn in prison as the patriot Konrad.
Is Gustaw a girl's or a boy's name?
Gustaw is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gustaw in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Gustaw, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gustaw in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Gustaw in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
Names like Gustaw
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Grayson Arthur Henry Edward Albie Hugo Theo Hunter Albert Jenson Noah Freddie
More Scandinavian names
Kaia Jensen Maren Gustavo Anders Stellan Iverson Kari Kaja Larson Olsen Nea Ronya Jensyn Soley Loa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gustaw: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gustaw, updated 20 October 2026.