Gustavo

Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa.

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It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, also spelled Gustaf, of Old Swedish origin, meaning “staff of the Gods/Goths” or “great royal staff” or "staff of the Geats", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr ("Geat") and stafr ("staff").

People with the name

Brazil has the highest count, over half a million, of people bearing the name.

Mexico and Argentina follows, each having over a quarter million count.

Uruguay, a nation between Argentina and Brazil, has the highest density of people bearing the name.

Drama, film and television
  • Gustavo Alatriste, Mexican actor, director, and producer of films, married to Silvia Pinal
  • Gustavo Aguerre (born 1953), Argentine artist, curator, writer, and theatre designer
  • Gustavo Sorola, American actor, podcast host, and co-founder of the American company, Rooster Teeth

Engineering, religion and science
  • Gustavo Colonnetti (1886–1968), Italian mathematician and engineer
  • Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino (born 1928), Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest regarded as the founder of Liberation Theology at the University of Notre Dame
  • Gustavo Tamayo, Colombian ophthalmologist
  • Gustavo Marín, Chilean-French economist and sociologist
  • Gustavo Scuseria (born 1956), Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Professor of Materials Science & NanoEngineering at Rice University

Music

Military and politics

Sports

Writing

Other professions

Fictional characters
  • Gustavo, in the video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
  • Gustavo, in the children's animated series Thomas & Friends
  • Gustavo Fring, in the American television drama series Breaking Bad on AMC
  • Gustavo Rocque, on the show Big Time Rush
  • Dr. Gustavo Bauer, in Season 6, Episode 16 (Room 147) of the ABC television drama series Castle
  • Gustavo Borracha, major antagonist in Maintenance.
  • Gustavo, a playable character in Pizza Tower riding a giant pet rat named Brick.

See also
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