Gaeta

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Gaeta is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Argentina, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Gaêta, Gaetå, Gaèta, Gaëta, Gaetà

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Gaetà, Gaëta, Gàeta, Gaêta

• Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy

  Also written Гаета

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Gaeta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• probably a habitational name from Gaeta in Italy (see 1 above and Gaytan).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Italian; habitational name from Gaeta, a place in Latina province.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, oriundo da cidade de Gaeta

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Latvian, pilsēta Itālijā ("Gaeta"), Lacio reģiona Latīnas provincē, 20700 iedzīvotāju (2014. g.)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

• E. A. Mariob. 1884ITnot in their usual nameItalian musician and writer (1884–1961)
• John Gaetab. 1965USvisual effects designer
• Michael J. Gaetafilm producer

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).

30 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 17 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Gaeta mean, and where does it come from?

Catalan (Gaeta); probably a variant spelling of the Catalan family name Gaieta. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

How do you pronounce Gaeta?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /ɡaeta/; in Portuguese /ɡɐetɐ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Gaeta?

Mondonomo estimates about 8.4 thousand people named Gaeta in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gaeta. After it come United States, Mexico, Brazil and Kenya; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Gaeta?

In the United States, the national register counted 4,688 people named Gaeta in 2010, about 1 in 71 thousand residents.

How common is Gaeta compared with other names?

In Angola, Gaeta is the 426th most common surname of 23,432 surnames recorded there.