# Catano

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a southern Italian surname, variant of the personal name Caetano, see also Gaetano.
* Also as an Italian surname, from Old Italian cattano (“captain”) (see modern capitana), making it a variant of Cattaneo.
* As a Sicilian surname, variant of Cattano, from the noun cotone (“cotton”).
Sometimes found in Spanish as Cataño.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/catano