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Around the globe, Gusztav (Gusztáv , Gusztav , غوستاف) is quite a rare masculine first name. The given name Gusztav is habitual in Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary, where it is quite a rare male name, Romania, and Slovakia, where it is a rare boy's name. Much less frequently, Gusztav is the last name as well as the forename.
Gusztav is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gustav Graves , the James Bond villain, Die Another Day; Gustav von Aschenbach , character in Death in Venice; Gustav Svensson , the fictional character in television series Svensson, Svensson; Gustave Latouche , character in L'Élève Ducobu and Gustave Labarbe , the fictional character featured in Spirou & Fantasio, Spirou et Fantasio in « Le Journal de Spirou », among other works.