Cayetano
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Italian }Gaetano
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kaʝet̪ano/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cayetano is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Argentina.
- ARArgentina
- MXMexico
- PEPeru
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Italian }Gaetano. See Italian supplement. 282
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- ARArgentina
- MXMexico
- PEPeru
- USUnited States
- ESSpain
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Cayetano is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Cayetana, equivalent to English Cajetan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, Latín Caietanus, 'de Caieta' (Gaeta), puerto de Campania
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Spanish form of GAETANO .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cayetano Valdés y Flórezb. 1767ESSpanish general and admiral (1767-1835)
- Cayetano Ripollb. 1778ESLast person executed in Spain for heresy
- Cayetano Herediab. 1797PEPeruvian physician (1797-1861)
- Cayetano Arellanob. 1847PHChief Justice of the Philippines from 1901 to 1920
- Cayetano Réb. 1938PYParaguayan footballer (1938–2013)
- Sky du Montb. 1947ARnot in their usual nameGerman actor
- Cayetano Paderanga, Jr.b. 1948PHFilipino politician (1948-2016)
- Cayetano Martínez de Irujob. 1963ESSpanish equestrian
- Cayetano Sarmientob. 1987CORoad racing cyclist
- Cayetano Bonnín Vásquezb. 1990ESDominican Republic footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 47 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.2K | #13,050 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.2K | #13,933 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 1.6K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,528 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.1K | #4,102 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.1K | #4,102 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 698 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 333 | — |
| MX Mexico | RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset) | — | 299 | #936 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 44 | #114,634 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 18 | #44,015 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 12 | #53,184 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Cayetano?
- In the etymology graph, Gaetano, Gaëtan and Gaétan are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Where does the name Cayetano come from?
- From Italian }Gaetano. See Italian supplement. 282 Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Cayetano?
- A machine transcription gives /kaʝet̪ano/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Cayetano a male or female name?
- Cayetano is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Cayetano mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Italian }Gaetano.
- In which country does Cayetano have the most bearers?
- Cayetano is most frequently recorded in Argentina.
What do you want to know about Cayetano?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cayetanoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cayetano”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.