Gaetana
/ɡaeˈtaːna/noun
An Italian feminine given name, the feminine form of Gaetano, meaning a person from Gaeta.
Did you know?Virgil’s Aeneid says Caieta was the nurse of Aeneas, but historians consider this a literary foundation legend rather than the proven origin of Gaeta’s name.
Etymological Timeline
1st Century BCE
Latin
Caiēta
“The ancient name of the coastal settlement later called Gaeta; its deeper pre-Roman origin is uncertain.”
1st Century BCE
Latin
Caiēta
“In Virgil’s Aeneid, Caieta is the nurse of Aeneas, whose burial place is said to bear her name.”
Late Antiquity
Latin
Caiētānus
“Of or from Caieta; a geographical byname.”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Caietanus
“A personal name or ecclesiastical byname meaning “from Gaeta.””
Medieval Italian
Italian
Gaetano
“Italian masculine given name derived from Caietanus.”
Modern Italian
Italian
Gaetana
“Feminine form of Gaetano, “woman from Gaeta.””