# Cajetan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cajetan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “inhabitant of gaeta” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæd͡ʒətən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

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

## In other languages

- Catalan: Gaietà
- Czech: Kajetán
- French: Gaétan, Gaëtan
- German: Kajetan
- Hungarian: Kajetán
- Italian: Gaetano
- Polish: Kajetan
- Portuguese: Caetano
- Spanish: Cayetano

## People named Cajetan

- Cajetan von Felder, Austrian politician and scientist (1814-1894)
- Thomas C. Kelly, American archbishop (1931–2011)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.