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All around the world, Cayetana (Gaetano , Cayetana ) is a widespread primarily boy's, but scarcely girly given name. The first name Cayetana is characteristic of Southern Europe, particularly Italy, where it is a common masculine name, San Marino, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Malta. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Italy, Mexico, and the United States. Much less frequently, Cayetana is the last name as well as the forename.
Cayetana is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gaetano Pappagone and Gaetano , the operatic character in the opera Banditenstreiche.