Keith.
A Scottish surname.
Meaning & usage
A Scottish surname.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A female given name from surname.
A placename: A town in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4250).
A placename: A town in Tatiara council area, south-east South Australia.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, United States.
A placename: An unincorporated community and coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
A placename: A ghost town in Lincoln, Forest County, Wisconsin, United States.
Where this word comes from
* As a Scottish surname, from the placename in Moray, Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic Cèith, meaning "wood" or "from the battleground," which is probably borrowed from Pictish *ᚉᚓᚈ (cēt) meaning "wood", or a forest, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd. * As a German surname, from Middle High German kit (“sprout, offspring”); compare Middle High German kint.
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