Male name
Gaëtan
54,170 births (France, 1900–2025), peaking in 1990. Expression number: 3.
Origin
From French Gaëtan and Gaétan, from Italian Gaetano, from Latin Caiētānus.From Wiktionary, entry “Gaetan”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Around the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 54,170 | 1900–2025 | 48th in 1990 |
| Switzerland | 1,458* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 213 | 1980–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
7 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 5 = 21 → 3
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
1 + 5 + 1 = 7
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
7 + 2 + 5 = 14 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 3, 4, 6, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.