Gustavus

Where Gustavus comes from

Borrowed from Latin Gustavus. From Swedish Gustav.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gustavus
  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1594
    Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden born
    Swedish king (regent 1611–1632)
  2. 1836
    Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs born
    Chemist, natural philosopher
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1882
    Peak, #691
    8 babies named Gustavus — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Gustav.
Namesakes
  • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden · Swedish king (regent 1611–1632), 1594–1632
  • Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs · Chemist, natural philosopher, 1836–1923
  • Gustavus Woodson Smith · Confederate Army general, 1821–1896
  • Gustavus Franklin Swift · American entrepreneur in the meat industry, 1839–1903
  • Gustavus Fox · American naval officer, 1821–1883

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.