Baby names info for KEITH:

• Gender: boy
• Syllables: 1
• Characters: 5
• Pronunciation: KEETH

Origin and Meaning:

• Irish meaning of the name KEITH for a boy:
  • warrior descending

• Scottish meaning of the name KEITH for a boy:
  • from the battleground

• Welsh meaning of the name KEITH for a boy:
  • forest

Baby Names Popularity:

• KEITH is the 331^st most popular boy's name in the United States.

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Surnames:

• KEITH is a common last name.
  It's the 663^rd most common surname in the United States (according to the 2000 U.S. Census).

KEITH appears in the following lists of names:

• Hockey Hall of Famers
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