Kajetan
Cajetan and Kajetan are Germanized and Slavicized forms of the Italian given name Gaetano. It is also a surname. People with this name include:
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovak
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Kajetan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cajetan and Kajetan are Germanized and Slavicized forms of the Italian given name Gaetano. It is also a surname. People with this name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovak
- Hungarian
The Story of Kajetan
Kajetan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2010, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2010: 6 births, good for #10,765 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2015 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 11 Kajetans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kajetan
Kajetan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2010 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Kajetan's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #10,765. Use the chart and map above to compare Kajetan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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