Keith (given name)
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| Keith | |
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| Pronunciation | /ˈkiːθ/ KEETH |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Celtic |
| Meaning | "wood, forest", "from the battleground" |
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Keith is a masculine given name. It comes from a Scottish surname, which is derived from a place name meaning "large woods, forest."[1] Keith was the 298th most common name given to newborn boys in the United States in 2007.[2] Keith may refer to:
Television and film
- Keith Carradine, American actor
- Keith Chegwin, British television presenter
- Keith Coogan, American actor
- Keith David, American actor
- Keith Floyd (1943–2009), British chef
- Keith Olbermann, American broadcaster and sportscaster, host of Countdown
- Keith Szarabajka, American actor
- Keith Wilkinson (reporter), British TV reporter
Fictional characters
- Crazy Keith, a koala in Bear Behaving Badly
- Keith Dudemeister, a supporting character in Scrubs
- Keith Goodman, a hero in the Japanese anime Tiger & Bunny (2011) by Sunrise
Art and literature
- Keith Douglas, British poet
- Keith Haring, American artist
- Keith Ridgway, Irish writer
Music
- Keith Anderson, American country music artist
- Keith Berry, London-based musician and composer
- Keith Buckley, American musician, best known for being the vocalist in metal bands Every Time I Die and The Damned Things
- Keith Caputo, American musician, best known for being the vocalist with the band Life of Agony
- Keith Elam, American hip hop artist
- Keith Emerson, British musician
- Keith Flint, member of British electronica band The Prodigy
- Keith Getty, Irish musician
- Keith Green, American musician
- Keith Harris, American musical producer, songwriter and musician
- Keith Jarrett, American jazz pianist
- Keith Lamb (musician), Australian singer and songwriter
- Keith Levene, British guitarist
- Keith Moon, British musician
- Keith Murray (rapper), American hip hop artist
- Keith Murray (rock), American musician
- Keith Richards, British guitarist
- Keith Relf, British singer
- Keith Strickland, American rock musician, songwriter and member of the band The B-52s
- Keith Sweat, American R&B singer
- Keith Thornton, American rapper better known as Kool Keith
- Keith Urban, Australian country music singer
- Keith Whitley, country music singer
Sports
- Keith Andrews, Irish footballer
- Keith Barnes, Australian rugby league player
- Keith Beavers, Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer
- Keith Berry (fighter), American mixed martial artist
- Keith Booth, American basketball player
- Keith Carney, American hockey player
- Keith Cieplicki, American basketball player and coach
- Keith Harris, English cricketer
- Keith Harris, Australian former professional rugby league player
- Keith Hernandez, American baseball player
- Keith Jackson, American sportscaster
- Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist
- Keith Keane, Irish footballer
- Keith Langford, American basketball player
- Keith Lee, American basketball player
- Keith Lockhart (baseball), American baseball player
- Keith Miller, Australian cricketer
- Keith Moreland, American baseball player
- Keith Morgan (judoka), Canadian judoka
- Keith Newman, American football player
- Keith Tkachuk, American hockey player
- Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
- Keith Yandle, American hockey player
- Randy Orton, an American wrestler real name Randal Keith Orton
Other
- Keith Allan (disambiguation)
- Keith Allen (disambiguation)
- Keith Falconer Fletcher, Massachusetts legislator
- Keith R. Harris, London-based investment banker and financier
- Keith Harris, British ventriloquist
- Keith Henson, American electrical engineer and writer on life extension, cryonics, memetics and evolutionary psychology
- Keith Holyoake, former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957, 1960–1972)
- Keith Malley, American comedian, star of the popular internet podcast Keith and the Girl
- Keith Mant, British forensic pathologist
- Keith Padgett, Falkland Islands politician
- Keith Park, New Zealand Air Marshall of WW2
- Keith Stewart, Scottish Admiral and MP in the British Parliament
- Keith Turner (businessman), New Zealand businessman
- Keith Rupert Murdoch, international businessman
- Keith Musa, better known as Levi Roots, British-Jamaican musician, celebrity chef and businessman
See also
References
- ↑ Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K.; & Hodges, F. (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Popular baby names
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