The baby name Cajetan is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /keɪˈdʒiːtən/ (KAY-JEE-tən).
The baby name Cajetan is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /keɪˈdʒiːtən/ (KAY-JEE-tən).
Cajetan is Italian, Latin in Origin.
Cajetan is the English form of Latin Caietanus, a toponym meaning "from Caieta," the ancient name of Gaeta on Italy’s Tyrrhenian coast; Virgil links Caieta to Aeneas’s nurse, giving the name a classical pedigree. Through Italian, Caietanus became Gaetano, while the learned Latin form yielded English Cajetan.
Usage spread via prominent 16th-century Catholics: Saint Cajetan (Gaetano) of Thiene, reformer and co-founder of the Theatine Order, and the Dominican cardinal-theologian Tommaso de Vio, known as Cajetan. The name traveled across Catholic Europe, taking forms such as Gaetano (Italian), Cayetano (Spanish/Portuguese), Gaétan/Gaetan (French), and Kajetan (German, Polish, Czech, Slovene). Feminine counterparts include Gaetana and Cayetana; nicknames range from Tano (Italian) to Caye (Spanish). While uncommon in English today, Cajetan keeps a scholarly, ecclesiastical aura. Feast day associations often fall on August 7, the memorial of Saint Cajetan.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG | 0 | #268 | 5 | 5,926 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #568 | 8 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #580 | 8 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #706 | 256 | 16,906 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #739 | 5 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #751 | 19 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #822 | 5 | 15,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #914 | 5 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 9 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,075 | 18 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,684 | 8 | 28,008 |
Cajetan is popular in 15 countries — most recent births per country:
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