Keats.
A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
A census-designated place in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after the poet John Keats.
Where this word comes from
From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūt (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).
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