Gus

Where Gus comes from

Clipping of Augustus. From the Latin name Augustus.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gus
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #137 among boys — 99 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #121
    133 babies named Gus — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1926
    Gus Grissom born
    American astronaut
  4. 1952
    Gus Van Sant born
    American film director, producer, photographer and musician
  5. 1979
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,206.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Augustus.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Gustav and its variants.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Konstantinos.
Namesakes
  • Gus Van Sant · American film director, producer, photographer and musician, born 1952
  • Gus Grissom · American astronaut, 1926–1967
  • Gus Poyet · Uruguayan association football player and manager, born 1967
  • Gus Kenworthy · American and British freestyle skier and actor, born 1991
  • Gus Williams · American basketball player, 1953–2025

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.