First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: All-knowing
- American: Good judgment
First name variations: Caton, Cayto, Kaeto, Cato, Cato, Cayto, Caytoe, Kateo Last name origins & meanings:
- Japanese (Katō): variously written; most bearers
descend from the Fujiwara of Kaga (Kaga no Fujiwara). Kaga is
now part of Ishikawa prefecture. Mostly found along the southeastern
seaboard and in the Ryūkyū Islands. One family was daimyō of
Hizen (now Nagasaki prefecture).
- Hungarian (Kató): from a pet form of the female personal name Katalin (see
Catherine).
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