Gatmaitan

Tagalog

Etymology

From Gat +‎ Mait +‎ -an, presumed to be a nobility of the ancient sovereign state 麻逸 (Ma-i, read in Mandarin 麻逸 (Wade-Giles: ma2-i4) and in Literary Hokkien 麻逸 (mâ-i̍t)).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Gat‧mai‧tan
  • IPA(key): /ɡatmajˈtan/, [ɡɐt.maɪ̯ˈtan]

Proper noun

Gatmaitán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔ᜋᜌ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname

Statistics
  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gatmaitan is the 952nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 9,925 individuals.

See also
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