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Throughout the world, Гаетано (Gaetano , Gayetano , Гаетано ) is a widespread boy's forename. The first name Гаетано is habitual in 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, the United States, and Germany. Much less frequently, Гаетано is the last name as well as the forename.
Гаетано is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gaetano Pappagone and Gaetano , the operatic character in the opera Banditenstreiche.