Given name & surname
Caton
“one who'is knowledgable”
Caton is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who'is knowledgable.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who'is knowledgable.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 199 boys · 58 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 357 as a first name in 2020; 5,313 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Caton’s family of names
In Occitan usage, Caton is a diminutive of Catarina. Caton has a related form in Catan. Caton has a related form in Caten.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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