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

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡatmajˈtan/ [ɡɐt̪.maɪ̯ˈt̪an̪]
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: Gat‧mai‧tan

Proper noun

Gatmaitán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔ᜋᜌ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

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.