Cajetan

Cajetan

Pronunciation	English: /ˈkædʒətən/ KAJ-ə-tən German: [ˈkaːjetaːn] ⓘ Polish: [kaˈjɛtan] ⓘ
Origin
Meaning	"from Gaeta"
Region of origin	Gaeta, Italy
Other names
Alternative spelling	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:

Given name

• Saint Cajetan (1480–1547), Italian Catholic saint, priest and religious reformer
• Cajetan J. B. Baumann (1899–1969), Franciscan architect
• Cajetan von Felder (1814–1894), Austrian lawyer, entomologist and politician
• Cajetan Fernandes (born 1989), Indian footballer
• Cajetan Graf von Spreti (1905–1989), German Nazi Sturmabteilung officer
• Cajetan von Textor (1782–1860), German surgeon and professor
• Cajetan Tschink (1763–1813), Austrian writer, philosopher and professor
• Kajetan Duszyński (born 1995), Polish sprinter
• Kajetan Garbiński (1796–1847), Polish mathematician
• Kajetan Kovič (1931–2014), Slovene poet, writer, translator, and journalist
• Kajetan von Mérey (1861–1931), Austro-Hungarian diplomat
• Kajetan Mühlmann (1898–1958), Austrian art historian and officer in the SS
• Cajetan Anton von Notthaft (1670–1752), Prince-Provost of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria
• Kajetan Stefanowicz (1886–1920), Polish Art-Nouveau painter and illustrator
• Cajetan, pseudonym of the Austrian physician and illustrator Anton Elfinger (1821–1864)

Surname

• Constantino Cajetan (1560–1650), Italian Benedictine scholar
• Fabrice Caietain or Cajetan (fl. 1570-1578), Italian singer, songwriter and song publisher
• Thomas Cajetan (1469–1534), Italian Dominican theologian, cardinal, and opponent of Martin Luther

See also

• Caetani (surname)