Given name & surname
Cayetano
“inhabitant of Gaeta”
Cayetano is used as a given name and a surname. Cayetano is connected with GaE-.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cayetano goes back to Latin Caiētānus, meaning “inhabitant of Gaeta.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Cayetano shares an earlier linguistic root with Gaetano. An origin associated with Gaetano is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Cayetano is used as a form of GaE-.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cayetano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 752
- 752 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1937
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,883 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,883 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,584 as a first name in 2020; 2,247 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.
Cayetano’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Cayetano developed from the Italian form Gaetano. Cayetano is a form of Gae. Cayetano shares a linguistic root with Gaetano.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cayetano has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Gaetanocognate · Italian
- Caetanoequivalent
- Cayetanafeminine form
- Gaetanequivalent
- KajetanGerman
- Caitanoequivalent
- Kajetánequivalent
- Gaietàequivalent
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Cayetano
- Cayetano RéParaguayan footballer (1938–2013)
- Cayetano SaporitiUruguayan association football player (1887-1954)
- Tano BonnínDominican Republic footballerborn 1990
- Sky du MontGerman actorborn 1947
- Cayetano SarmientoRoad racing cyclistborn 1987
- Cayetano CornetSpanish sprinterborn 1963
- Cayetano Valdés y FloresSpanish general and admiral (1767-1835)
- Cayetano MartínezSpanish equestrianborn 1963
- Cayetano RipollLast person executed in Spain for heresy1778–1826
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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