Boy · Latin
Gaetano
Say it: gah-eh-TAH-noh
Meaning
From Latin Caietanus 'from Gaeta', a coastal town in southern Lazio.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 3,752 babies given this name since 1904
- At its height in 1914, about 1 in 10,200 boys
- 25 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Spanish | Cayetano |
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Famous bearers
- Gaetano Donizetti, composer
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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