Catano

The story

1. Old Italian · derived fromcattano“captain”
2. English todayCatano

* 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.