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Gaetana
How to Pronounce Gaetana
Pronounced gah-eh-TAH-nah /ɡaeˈtaːna/Medium
Meaning: Gaetana is the feminine of the Italian Gaetano, an ethnic name meaning 'from Gaeta', the ancient port the Romans called Caieta on Italy's western coast. It spread widely through devotion to Saint Cajetan, the sixteenth-century founder of the Theatines, so the name carries both a place and a strong Italian Catholic heritage.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Gaetana is the feminine partner to Gaetano, both meaning 'of Gaeta', a town on the Tyrrhenian coast known to the Romans as Caieta. The name travelled with Italian Catholic devotion to Saint Cajetan and arrived in America with Italian immigrant families in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
It was always rare in United States records, borne by only a couple dozen girls a year around its high in the early nineteen-twenties, clustered among Italian-American families. It reads as an authentically Italian heritage name rather than an assimilated one.
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What does the name Gaetana mean?
It's the Italian feminine of Gaetano, meaning 'from Gaeta', a coastal town in Italy, linked to Saint Cajetan.
How do you pronounce Gaetana?
It's said gah-eh-TAH-nah /ɡaeˈtaːna/, four syllables, stress on the third.
Is Gaetana a boy or girl name?
Gaetana is used as a girl's name.
Is Gaetana a popular name?
No, it has always been rare in America, an Italian heritage name most common among immigrant families in the early twentieth century.