Keith (given name)

Keith

Pronunciation	/ˈkiːθ/ KEETH
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Celtic
Meaning	"wood, forest", "from the battleground"

Keith is a given name of Gaelic origin. It means "wood" or "from the battleground" and shares the same derivation as Clan Keith. The surname derives from a toponym, Keith Marischal in East Lothian, possibly containing the Brittonic element cet "woods, forest." Keith was the 298th most common name given to newborn boys in the United States in 2007.

People with the given name

Multiple people

• Keith Adams (disambiguation), several people
• Keith Campbell (disambiguation), multiple people
• Keith Coleman (disambiguation), several people
• Keith Ferguson (disambiguation), several people
• Keith Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people

Individuals

• Keith Abbis (born 1932), English retired footballer
• Keith Ablow (born 1961), American author and TV personality
• Keith Ackerman (born 1946), American bishop
• Keith Acton (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player
• Keith Adamson (born 1945), English former footballer
• Keith Agovida (born 1990), Filipino basketball player
• Keith Ahlers (born 1955), British race car driver
• Keith Aitken (born 1942), former Australian rugby league player
• Keith Allan (actor) (born 1969), American actor and screenwriter
• Keith Allan (linguist) (born 1943), Australian linguist
• Keith William Allan (1946–2000), Australian solicitor and murder victim
• Keith Anderson (born 1968), American country music artist
• Keith Andrews (footballer) (born 1980), Irish footballer
• Keith Azopardi (born 1967), Gibraltarian politician
• Keith Azzopardi Tanti (born 1984), Maltese politician
• Keith Baldwin (born 1960), American football player
• Keith Barnes (born 1934), Australian rugby league player
• Keith Beavers (born 1983), Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer
• Keith Beebe (1921–1998), American football player
• Keith Beirne (born 1996/1997), Leitrim Gaelic footballer
• Keith Bennett (basketball) (born 1961), American-Israeli basketball player
• Keith Berry (fighter) (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
• Keith Berry (musician) (born 1973), London-based musician and composer
• Keith Booth (born 1974), American basketball player
• Keith Braxton (born 1997), American basketball player
• Keith Buckley (born 1979), American musician, vocalist for Every Time I Die and The Damned Things
• Keith Caputo (born 1973), American musician, vocalist for Life of Agony
• Keith Carney (born 1970), American hockey player
• Keith Carradine (born 1949), American actor
• Keith Chapman (born 1958), British television writer and producer
• Keith Chegwin (1957–2017), British television presenter
• Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), British writer
• Keith Cieplicki (born 1963), American basketball player and coach
• Keith C. Clarke (born 1955), cartographer
• Keith Coogan (born 1970), American actor
• Keith Cozart (born 1995), stage name Chief Keef, American rapper and songwriter
• Keith Cupp (born 1964), American football player
• Keith Dambrot (born 1958), American college basketball coach
• Keith David (born 1956), American actor
• Keith Douglas (1920–1944), British poet
• Keith Eaman (born 1947), Canadian football player
• Keith Earls (born 1987), Irish rugby union player
• Keith Elam (1966–2010), American hip hop artist
• Keith Ellison (born 1963), American politician and lawyer
• Keith Emerson (1944–2016), English musician and composer
• Keith Erickson (born 1944), American basketball player
• Keith Falconer Fletcher (1900–1987), American politician
• Keith Flint (1969–2019), member of British electronica band The Prodigy
• Keith Flowers (1930–1993), American football player
• Keith Floyd (1943–2009), British chef
• Keith Ford (born 1994), American football player
• Keith Forde, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
• Keith Fowler (born 1939), American actor, director, producer and educator
• Keith Galloway (born 1985), Australian rugby league footballer
• Keith Godard (1938–2020), British born graphic artist and designer
• Keith Valentine Graham (born 1958), better known as Levi Roots, British-Jamaican musician, celebrity chef and businessman
• Keith Getty (born 1974), Irish musician
• Keith Gill (born 1986), American financial analyst and investor
• Keith Green (1953–1982), American musician
• Keith Guzah (died 2020), Zimbabwean politician
• Keith Haring (1958–1990), American artist
• Keith Harkin (born 1986), Irish solo musician and former principal singer of all-male musical group Celtic Thunder
• Keith Harris (cricketer) (born 1957), English cricketer
• Keith Harris (record producer) (born 1976), American record producer, songwriter and musician
• Keith Harris (rugby league) (born 1954), Australian former rugby league footballer
• Keith Harris (ventriloquist) (1947–2015), English ventriloquist
• Keith R. Harris (born 1953), English financier
• Keith Henson (born 1942), American electrical engineer and writer on life extension, cryonics, memetics and evolutionary psychology
• Keith Hernandez (born 1953), American baseball player
• Keith Hitchins (1931–2020), American historian and professor
• Keith Hodge (born 1974), American comedian of the Hodgetwins
• Keith Holyoake (1904–1983), former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957, 1960–1972)
• Keith Ismael (born 1998), American football player
• Keith Jackson (1928–2016), American sportscaster
• Keith Jackson (defensive tackle) (born 1985), American football player
• Keith Jackson (media executive) (born 1945), British-born Australian journalist, blogger and retired media executive
• Keith Jackson (tight end) (born 1965), American football player
• Keith Jardine (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
• Keith Jarrett (born 1945), American jazz pianist
• Keith Hunter Jesperson (born 1955), Canadian-American serial killer
• Keith Johnson (author) (born 1938), British writer and software developer
• Keith Jones (Atlanta Falcons), American football player
• Keith "End Zone" Jones (born 1966), American football player
• Keith Keane (born 1986), Irish footballer
• Keith Kidd (born 1962), American football player
• Keith Kirkwood (born 1993), American football player
• Keith Kokkola (1949–2004), Canadian ice hockey player
• Keith Lamb (musician) (born 1952), Australian singer and songwriter
• Keith Langford (born 1983), American basketball player
• Keith Lee (American football) (born 1957), American football player
• Keith Lee (basketball) (born 1962), American basketball player
• Keith Levene (1957–2022), English musician
• Keith Liddell, American mathematician and author
• Keith Lincoln (1939–2019), American football player
• Keith Lockhart (baseball) (born 1964), American baseball player
• Keith Lulia (born 1987), Australian-Cook Islander Rugby League player
• Keith Maillard (born 1942), American-Canadian novelist and poet
• Keith Malley (born 1974), American comedian and podcaster
• Keith Mansfield (born 1941), British composer and arranger
• Keith Mansfield (writer) (born 1965), English novelist and publisher
• Keith Mant (1919–2000), British forensic pathologist
• Keith McHenry (born 1957), American anarchist and activist
• Keith Miller (1919–2004), Australian cricketer
• Keith Moon (1946–1978), English rock drummer
• Keith Moreland (born 1954), American baseball player
• Keith Morgan (judoka) (born 1973), Canadian judoka
• Keith Murdoch (1885–1952), Australian journalist and publisher
• Keith Murray (rapper) (born 1974), American hip hop artist
• Keith Neale, British public health doctor
• Keith Newman (born 1977), American football player
• Keith Olbermann (born 1959), American sportscaster and political commentator
• Keith Owens (born 1969), American basketball player
• Keith Park (1892–1975), New Zealand Air Marshall of World War II
• Keith Parkinson (1958–2005), American fantasy artist
• Keith Parkinson (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
• Keith Paterson (born 1931), British Internet celebrity
• Keith Powell (born 1979), American actor
• Keith Price (born 1991), American football player
• Keith Randolph Jr. (born 2001), American football player
• Keith Reaser (born 1991), American football player
• Keith Relf (1943–1976), English musician and vocalist
• Keith Richards (born 1943), English rock guitarist and songwriter
• Keith Ridgway (born 1965), Irish writer
• Keith Riglin (born 1957), Anglican bishop
• Keith Rupert Murdoch (born 1931), international businessman
• Keith Sanderson (born 1975), American sport shooter
• Keith Scott (footballer) (born 1967), former professional footballer
• Keith Scott (musician) (born 1954), Canadian guitar player
• Keith Scott (voice actor) (born 1953), Australian voice actor, impressionist and animation historian
• Keith Silverstein (born 1970), American voice actor, known for lending his voice to English versions of Japanese anime and video games
• Keith Slatter, English rugby league footballer
• Keith Cameron Smith (born 1971), American entrepreneur, self-help and finance author and motivational speaker
• Keith Stewart (1739–1795), Scottish Admiral and MP in the British Parliament
• Keith Strickland (born 1953), American rock musician, songwriter and member of the band The B-52s
• Keith Sweat (born 1961), American R&B singer
• Keith Syers (1939–2011), Anglo-New Zealand academic and academic administrator
• Keith Szarabajka (born 1952), American actor
• Keith Thomas, American film director
• Keith Thornton (born 1963), American rapper better known as Kool Keith
• Keith Tkachuk (born 1972), American hockey player
• Keith Towbridge (born 1995), American football player
• Keith Urban (born 1967), Australian country music singer
• Keith Vallejo, former Mormon bishop
• Keith Van Horn (born 1975), American basketball player
• Keith Waldrop (1932-2023) National Book Award-winning poet
• Keith Walters, American academic
• Shane Keith Warne (1969–2022), Australian cricket player
• Keith Wells (1962–1994), American murderer
• Keith West (born 1943), English rock singer and songwriter
• Keith Whitley (1955–1989), American country music singer
• Keith Daniel Williams (1947–1996), American murderer
• Keith Wood (born 1972), Irish rugby union player
• Keith Woodrow (1927–1997), Scottish police officer
• Keith Woolner (born c. 1968), American baseball analyst
• Keith Yandle (born 1986), American hockey player
• Keith M L Yeung (born 1988), horse racing jockey
• Keith Zettlemoyer (1955–1995), American murderer

Fictional characters

• Keith (Voltron), a main character of Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Keith Dudemeister, a supporting character in Scrubs
• Dr. Keith Ricks, a dolphin researcher, one of the main characters of the TV series Flipper (1995 TV series), portrayed by Brian Wimmer
• Keith Watson, from the TV series The Electric Company
• Keith Partridge, oldest son, lead singer and guitarist in the American sitcom the Partridge Family
• Keith Mars, father of the titular character in the American TV-series Veronica Mars
• Keith Ramsay, a character in Far Cry 3

See also

• Kieth, another given name