Keith

Meanings

1. A Scottish surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A female given name from surname.
4. A placename:
5. A town in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4250).
6. A town in Tatiara council area, south-east South Australia.
7. An unincorporated community in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, United States.
9. An unincorporated community and coal town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
10. A ghost town in Lincoln, Forest County, Wisconsin, United States.

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. * As a German surname, from Middle High German kit (“sprout, offspring”) (compare kint).