Gatmaitan

Tagalog

Etymology

From Gat +‎ Mait +‎ -an, presumed to be a nobility of the ancient sovereign state 麻逸 (“Ma-i”); read as Mandarin 麻逸 (Máyì) and Hokkien 麻逸 (Mâ-i̍t, literary reading).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gatmaitán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔ᜋᜌ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

1. a surname from Tagalog, mostly concentrated in Batangas and Oriental Mindoro

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

• Gatchalian
• Gatdula