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 is the Anglicized, Germanized and Slavicized form of the Italian given name Gaetano. People with this name include:

• Thomas Cajetan (1469–1534), Italian Dominican theologian, cardinal, and opponent of Martin Luther
• Saint Cajetan (Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene; 1480–1547), canonized saint
• Constantino Cajetan (1560–1650), Italian Benedictine scholar
• Cajetan Tschink (1763–1813), Austrian writer and philosopher
• Baron Cajetan von Felder (1814–1894), Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician
• Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck (1769–1846), Austrian archbishop
• Kajetan Garbiński (1796–1847), Polish mathematician
• Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), Czech dramatist and author of lyrics of the Czech anthem
• Cajetan, pseudonym of the Austrian physician and illustrator Anton Elfinger (1821–1864)
• Kajetan von Mérey (1861–1931), Austro-Hungarian diplomat
• Kajetan Stefanowicz (1886–1920), Polish Art-Nouveau painter and illustrator
• Kajetan Mühlmann (1898–1958), Austrian art historian and officer in the SS
• Cajetan J. B. Baumann (1899–1969), Franciscan architect
• Kajetan Kovič (1931–2014), Slovene poet, writer, translator, and journalist
• Kajetan Duszyński (born 1995), Polish sprinter

See also

• Caetani (surname)