FromGat +Mait +-an, presumed to be one of the rulers or nobility of an ancient sovereign polity, known in Chinese records as「麻逸」, read inMandarin麻逸(Máyì) andHokkien麻逸(Mâ-i̍t,literary reading) and historically known through the atonalWade-Giles romanization of Mandarin, “Ma-i”.
- (Standard Tagalog)IPA(key): /ɡatmajˈtan/[ɡɐt̪.maɪ̯ˈt̪an̪],/ɡatmaiˈtan/[ɡɐt̪.mɐ.ɪˈt̪an̪]
- Rhymes:-an
- Syllabification:Gat‧mai‧tan,Gat‧ma‧i‧tan
Gatmaitán (Baybayin spellingᜄᜆ᜔ᜋᜌ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)
- asurname from Tagalog, mostly concentrated inBatangas andOriental Mindoro
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014,Gatmaitan is the 952nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 9,925 individuals.
