Show ContentsGustave History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Gustave

What does the name Gustave mean?

The origin of the distinguished Gustave family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Sweden. The surname Gustave is derived from the Old Norse personal name Gustav. This name is composed of the tribal name Gaut and the word staf, which means staff or cudgel. The tribal name is thought by experts to be identical with that of the Geats, the Scandinavian tribe to which Beowulf belonged, and it is also thought to be akin to that of the Goths. Thus, the name Gustav literally means staff of the Geats or staff of the Goths. The suffix -sen and its variants are translatable as son of.

Contemporary Notables of the name Gustave (post 1700) +

  • Wing Commander Ronald Gustave Kellett DSO DFC (1909-1998), English Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War, credited with five aerial victories
  • Robert-Jean Gustave Longuet (1901-1987), French lawyer, journalist and militant socialist
  • Maurice Gustave Gamelin (1872-1958), French army general in the French Army, but is remembered for his disastrous command (until 17 May 1940) of the French military during the Battle of France (10 May-22 June 1940) in World War II and his steadfast defence of republican values
  • Marvin Gustave Staehle (b. 1942), American Major League Baseball second baseman from Oak Park, Illinois who played for the Chicago White Sox (1964–1967), Montréal Expos (1969–1970), and the Atlanta Braves (1971)
  • Edmond Gustave Camus (1852-1915), French pharmacist and botanist; father of Aimée Antoinette Camus and Blanche-Augustine Camus
  • Joseph Gustave Wolber (b. 1883), American Republican politician, Member of New Jersey State Senate from Essex County, 1927-35; Circuit Judge in New Jersey, 1935
  • Lyman Gustave Bloomingdale (1841-1905), American businessman, co-founder with his brother Joseph of Bloomingdales Department Store in 1872
  • Louis Gustave Binger (1856-1936), French officer and explorer who claimed the Côte d'Ivoire for France, eponym of Bingerville, France
  • Herbert Gustave Schmalz (1856-1935), birth name of John Wilson Carmichael, an English Pre-Raffaelite painter

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