Keith
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English
Etymology
- 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.[1][2]
- As a German surname, from Middle High German kit (“sprout, offspring”) (compare kint).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiːθ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːθ
Proper noun
Keith (countable and uncountable, plural Keiths)
- (countable) A Scottish surname.
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A placename.
- A town in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4250).
- A town in south-east South Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
- A ghost town in Lincoln, Forest County, Wisconsin, United States.
Quotations
- 1815, Sir Walter Scott, The Lord of the Isles:
- Behind them, screened in sheltering wood,
The gallant Keith, Lord Marshal, stood:
His men-at-arms bear mace and lance,
And plumes that wave, and helms that glance.
- 2005, Andrew L. Brown, Overcoming Adversity: Your Dreams Matter., →ISBN, page 35:
- My middle name, Keith, is music to my ears. It's like jazz on a cool summer night. My very closest family members call me Keith for short.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, Kate Hardcastle, editor (2006) “Keith”, in A Dictionary of First Names, second edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Keith”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Keith, probably from Celtic.
Proper noun
Keith
- a male given name from English