Cayetano

See also: cayetano

Spanish

Etymology

From the Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaʝeˈtano/ [ka.ʝeˈt̪a.no]

• IPA^(key): /kaʝeˈtano/ [ka.ʝeˈt̪a.no] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kaʃeˈtano/ [ka.ʃeˈt̪a.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaʒeˈtano/ [ka.ʒeˈt̪a.no] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: Ca‧ye‧ta‧no

Proper noun

Cayetano m (feminine Cayetana, feminine plural Cayetanas)

1. a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Cayetana, equivalent to English Cajetan

Derived terms

• cayetano (“rightist; preppy”)

Related terms

• gaetano

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cayetano, a male given name from the Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kajeˈtano/ [kɐ.jɛˈt̪aː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: Ca‧ye‧ta‧no

Proper noun

Cayetano (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜒᜆᜈᜓ)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cayetano is the 614th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 14,951 individuals.