Cayetano

Cayetano is a Spanish and sometimes Sephardic Jewish name related to the Italian name Gaetano, both from the Latin Caietanus, meaning "from Gaeta". It is a common given name in Spain, Mexico, Argentina and the Philippines. As a surname, it is also found predominantly in those countries, as well as Peru. The feminine version of the name is Cayetana.

People

Given name

• Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer
• Cayetano (Giorgos Bratanis), Greek musician
• Cayetano Apablasa (1847–1889), American land owner and politician
• Cayetano Arellano (1847–1920), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Cayetano Biondo (1902–1986), Argentine film actor
• Cayetano Carpio (1918–1983), leader of the Communist Party of El Salvador
• Cayetano Coll y Cuchí (1881–1961), Puerto Rican politician
• Cayetano Coll y Toste (1850–1930), Puerto Rican historian and writer
• Cayetano Cornet (born 1963), Spanish athlete
• Cayetano Corona Gaspariano (fl. 1981), Mexican potter
• Cayetano Descalzi (1809–1886), Argentine painter of Italian origin
• Cayetano Garza (born 1972), American comic artist
• Cayetano Santos Godino (1896–1944), Argentinian serial killer
• Cayetano Domingo Grossi (1854–1900), Argentine serial killer of Italian origin
• Cayetano Heredia (1797–1861), Peruvian physician
• Cayetano Hilario Abellán (1916–1997), Spanish sculptor
• Cayetano María Huarte Ruiz de Briviesca (1741–1806), Spanish writer and poet
• Cayetano Antonio Licciardo (1923–1999), Argentine politician
• Antonio Cayetano March (born 2000), Ecuadorian tennis player
• Cayetano Ordóñez (1904–1961), Spanish bullfighter
• Cayetano Pacana (fl. 1900), Filipino soldier and Mayor of Cagayan de Misamis
• Cayetano Paderanga Jr. (1948–2016), Filipino economist
• Cayetano Pignatelli, 3rd Marquis of Rubí (born 1730), Spanish nobleman and military figure
• Cayetano Ré (1938–2013), Paraguayan footballer
• Cayetano Redondo Aceña (1885–1940), Spanish politician, journalist, Mayor of Madrid
• Cayetano Ripoll (1778–1826), Spanish schoolmaster executed for heresy
• Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez (born 1977), Spanish bullfighter
• Cayetano José Rodríguez (1761–1823), Argentine cleric, journalist and poet
• Cayetano Santos Godino (1896–1944), Argentine serial killer
• Cayetano Saporiti (1887–1954), Uruguayan footballer
• Cayetano Sarmiento (born 1987), Colombian road bicycle racer
• Cayetano Alberto Silva (1868–1920), Uruguayan musician and composer
• Cayetano Valdés y Flores (1767–1835), commander of the Spanish Navy

Surname

• Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and current speaker of the House of Representatives
• Ben Cayetano, governor of Hawaii
• Eryn Cayetano (born 2001), American tennis player
• Lani Cayetano, Filipino politician, wife of Alan Peter
• Lino Cayetano, Filipino politician, brother of Alan Peter and Pia, and current mayor of Taguig
• Pia Cayetano, Filipino politician, sister of Alan Peter and Lino
• Renato Cayetano, Filipino politician, father of Alan Peter, Lino, and Pia

See also

• Cayetano Germosén, town in the Dominican Republic
• Cayetano Heredia University, Peruvian University