Gösta name meaning
Gender: Boy
Origin: Old Norse
Usage: Scandinavian, Finnish, Swedish and Danish
Meaning: Goth, Stick and Staff
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What does Gösta mean?
The boy name Gösta is originated from Old Norse, Gösta means "Goth, Stick or Staff" is predominantly used in Scandinavian, Swedish, Finnish and Danish. Gösta is variant form of Göstav. Göstav is form of Götstaf in Swedish language.
Variants of Gösta
Gustavus, Gösse, Göstav, Götstaf, Gustav, Gustaf, Gautstafr
How popular is the name Gösta?
Gösta is a popular baby name in Sweden where every 1 in 2000 have the name. As per our research, over 8000 people has been named Gösta globally.
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Famous people named Gösta
- Gösta Bohman, Swedish politician and the leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party
- Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer
- Gösta Stoltz, Swedish chess grandmaster
- Gösta Törner, Swedish gymnast
- Gösta Hjalmar Liljequist, Swedish meteorologist
- Gösta Danielsson, Swedish chess master
- Gösta Salén, Swedish sailor
- Gösta Brodin, Swedish sailor
- Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician
- Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor, comedian, and director
- Gösta Knutsson, Swedish radio producer and writer of a popular series of children's books about the cat 'Pelle Svanslös'
- Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish musician and radio personality
- Gösta Pettersson, retired Swedish cyclist
- Gösta Sandberg, Swedish footballer
- Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor
- Gösta Holmér, Swedish athlete
- Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor
- Gösta Prüzelius, Swedish actor
- Gösta Lilliehöök, Swedish modern pentathlete
- Gösta Åsbrink, Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete
- Gösta Olson, Swedish gymnast and fencer
- Gösta Raquette, missionary with the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden to Central Asia
- Gösta Lundquist, Swedish sailor
- Gösta Bengtsson, sailor from the Sweden,
- Gösta Sandahl, Swedish figure skater
- Gösta Cederlund, Swedish actor and film director
- Gösta Sjöberg, Swedish diver
- Gösta Carlsson, Swedish cyclist
- Gösta Frändfors, Swedish wrestler
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