Given name & surname
Kajetan
“inhabitant of Gaeta”
Kajetan is a masculine given name from Latin (ultimately Italian), meaning “inhabitant of Gaeta.” It is used in German and Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kajetan is a form of Gaetano. An origin associated with Gaetano is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish usage, Kajetan developed from Gaetano.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kajetan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 6 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kajetan’s family of names
In Polish usage, Kajetan has a diminutive in KAJTEK. In Polish usage, Kajetan developed from the Italian form Gaetano. In German usage, Kajetan has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Cayetano.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kajetan has relatives in 10 languages.
11 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Gaetanocognate · Italian
- CaetanoPortuguese
- CayetanoSpanish
- Gaetanequivalent
- Gaëtanequivalent
- GaétanFrench
- Kajetanafeminine form · Slovene
- Caitanoequivalent
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People named Kajetan
- Kajetan DuszyńskiPolish athletics competitorborn 1995
- Kajetan BroniewskiPolish rowerborn 1963
- Kajetan AbgarowiczPolish journalist and novelist (1856-1909)
- Kajetan MühlmannArt historian, art plunderer and dealer on behalf of the Nazis (1898–1958)
- Kajetan SzmytPolish footballerborn 2002
- Kajetan KovičSlovene writer, poet and translator1931–2014
- Kajetan KajetanowiczPolish rally driverborn 1979
- Kajetan SołtykCatholic bishop1715–1788
- Kajetan StefanowiczPolish Art Nouveau painter (1886–1920)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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