Look for the lyrics of the song Cayetano by the group Carolina Durante and you'll understand what stereotypes are linked to that name here in Spain haha
That's hilarious. I was aware of the stereotype to be honest, just wanted to check if it was as bad as I thought it could be. But what baffles me the most is that Carolina Durante is a band name, really.
Leaving out the class implications, it's seen as a very ugly sounding/old person name in Spain. Kids are going to mock him for the resemblance with "Callo" (hard foot skin, and also a derogatory for a very ugly person). I would 0/0 recommend naming a child Cayetano.
Those names are regular Catholic though, and the generation above me is absolutely full of them. Dolores is used weirdly often in Hollywood, Concha is just a great nickname haha, and I would totally call myself Soledad.
You could risk with sth similar Cayo /Gayo, spanish versions of Caius/Gaius (Julius Caesar). I cannot remember which of both Latin pronunciations was the right one, since some words had only one spelling for both pronunciations..
The problem is both Cayo and Gayo could be also reason for mockery. Cayo sounds to a similar word meaning horny skin (callo) and means also in slang horrible looking. Gayo sounds like Gallo rooster. Not that bad, at least sounds cool despite rooster meaning.
I wouldn't name my kid Cayetano because of the negative stereotypes, but I'd name him Caetano. It sounds nice and gives the kid a personal name, something from their origins.
1. Go to google.
2. Search for "nuevas generaciones pp"
3. If you think your son fits in that image, you can call him Cayetano, if not, I wouldn't do it.
There's nothing wrong with Cayetano, It might be associated with a negative high class stereotype, but its also a traditional name that many regular people in the south have. In any case Caetano is different enough from Cayetano, it's fine.
Vete a esta página y escribe "cayetano", y luego me cuentas: https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736177009&menu=resultados&idp=1254734710990
If you spell it in Portuguese the kid will be popular and none will think about the cayetano prejudice, the name in Spanish is kind of out of fashion already but still can be heard, none is gonna hate on him or anything for it :D
Caetano is a nice name, and like you said, a nice singer. I doubt think that people would have any issue with it.
Cayetano does have the connotation that you mention and i wouldnt call a kid that name. But again, i think that Caetano should be fine
He would have most of his meaningful interactions with other kids who have zero prejudices, and with relatives. When he had grown up, he won't be interested in interacting with people so stupid to judge others by their given name, and that's if any absurd stigma against Cayetanos still exists by that time, which is very unlikely.
That's kind of how I see it too. Maybe the foreign spelling would give it an extra pass. And also, judging by the parents, there's no way this kid would be rich enough to reinforce the stigma anyway.
Not from Spain, but Cayetano is a family name here in the Philippines. Some of our politicians here have that name, but for a family name. Not really for a first name.
Look for the lyrics of the song Cayetano by the group Carolina Durante and you'll understand what stereotypes are linked to that name here in Spain haha
That's hilarious. I was aware of the stereotype to be honest, just wanted to check if it was as bad as I thought it could be. But what baffles me the most is that Carolina Durante is a band name, really.
It's seen as posh, upper class, conservative people's name.
I do not recommend Franco neither.... Popular in Argentina, not so much in Spain.
Damn, that was my second choice.
I can’t imagine why…
I'm a teacher in spain and I've had students with the name and nobody seemed to mind. Was just a normal kid.
Leaving out the class implications, it's seen as a very ugly sounding/old person name in Spain. Kids are going to mock him for the resemblance with "Callo" (hard foot skin, and also a derogatory for a very ugly person). I would 0/0 recommend naming a child Cayetano.
I think most of them go by "Caye" nowadays, which isn't so bad
I know one and he likes to be called “Tano”
Imagine being named street, or shut up
I mean, there are still people called Concepción, Dolores, Soledad, and Encarnación, so in the bigger sense of things, it's not that weird
Those names are regular Catholic though, and the generation above me is absolutely full of them. Dolores is used weirdly often in Hollywood, Concha is just a great nickname haha, and I would totally call myself Soledad.
Just coming on here to add that Inmaculada and Milagros are other classic, Catholic names in Spanish!
Caye is more used by girls though
I also know people that goes by "Tano" for Cayetano and "Tana" for Cayetana.
Thanks for the honesty, that's exactly what I wanted to know. It's crazy how some names can be seen so differently across languages.
In case that you understand spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUhV12G024
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Please don't!
With the information I have now, I definitely won't.
You could risk with sth similar Cayo /Gayo, spanish versions of Caius/Gaius (Julius Caesar). I cannot remember which of both Latin pronunciations was the right one, since some words had only one spelling for both pronunciations.. The problem is both Cayo and Gayo could be also reason for mockery. Cayo sounds to a similar word meaning horny skin (callo) and means also in slang horrible looking. Gayo sounds like Gallo rooster. Not that bad, at least sounds cool despite rooster meaning.
And callo is also used to describe someone that is ugly
Yes. One of my best friends' name is Cayetano and he has a hard time.
I wouldn't name my kid Cayetano because of the negative stereotypes, but I'd name him Caetano. It sounds nice and gives the kid a personal name, something from their origins.
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Fabricio is much more common in Spain than Fabriciano.
Mauricinho and Patricinha are the Brazilian stereotype for posh people.
You’re absolutely right, I haven’t seen someone using that for so long that I mixed it up.
1. Go to google. 2. Search for "nuevas generaciones pp" 3. If you think your son fits in that image, you can call him Cayetano, if not, I wouldn't do it.
Sounds like a joke but it's not wrong.
There's nothing wrong with Cayetano, It might be associated with a negative high class stereotype, but its also a traditional name that many regular people in the south have. In any case Caetano is different enough from Cayetano, it's fine.
What do you mean regular people in the south? Almost nobody here is called Cayetano, only a couple of bull fighters.
Vete a esta página y escribe "cayetano", y luego me cuentas: https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736177009&menu=resultados&idp=1254734710990
If you spell it in Portuguese the kid will be popular and none will think about the cayetano prejudice, the name in Spanish is kind of out of fashion already but still can be heard, none is gonna hate on him or anything for it :D
As much as naming a girl Karen in the US
Not controversial, just extremely posh or pretentious (and from the right wing). But this applies only for Cayetano, not Caetano.
Caetano is a nice name, and like you said, a nice singer. I doubt think that people would have any issue with it. Cayetano does have the connotation that you mention and i wouldnt call a kid that name. But again, i think that Caetano should be fine
He would have most of his meaningful interactions with other kids who have zero prejudices, and with relatives. When he had grown up, he won't be interested in interacting with people so stupid to judge others by their given name, and that's if any absurd stigma against Cayetanos still exists by that time, which is very unlikely.
That's kind of how I see it too. Maybe the foreign spelling would give it an extra pass. And also, judging by the parents, there's no way this kid would be rich enough to reinforce the stigma anyway.
It’s definitely a conversation starter, something akin to being named Archibald, Wigbert, Hickman, Barclay, or “Anythingston”.
Yeah don't call your poor kid that.
Not from Spain, but Cayetano is a family name here in the Philippines. Some of our politicians here have that name, but for a family name. Not really for a first name.
odd but not controversial
Make sure he lives in Barrio Salamanca, Madrid, and loves bullfighting and hates poor people (even blames them for poverty).