Keith

Scottish

"wood"

Keith Origin and Meaning

The name Keith is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "wood".

Strong but gentle, Keith is one of the Scottish surnames that, along with Douglas, Craig and Bruce, were considered the epitome of cool in the 1960s and early 1970s, when it was a Top 40 choice.

Keith made his debut in the nineteenth century and was borne by a long line of Scottish nobles. In the recent past he's been represented by musicians Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Keith Jarrett and Keith Urban, as well as actor Keith Carradine, TV guy Keith Olbermann, artist Keith Haring and baseball star Keith Hernandez.

Keith Rank in US Top 1000

# 715 in the US

Keith Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 536 on Nameberry

Keith Popularity

• 715 US 2023
• 536 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Keith

• Keith Richards English guitarist of band the Rolling Stones
• Keith Grant American guitarist of the band Blues Prophecy
• Keith John Moon English drummer of band The Who
• Keith Noel Emerson English musician of the Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Keith Anderson American country music singer
• Keith Cozart aka Chief Keef American rapper
• Keith Maurice Ellison U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
• Keith Ian Carradine American actor
• Keith David American actor
• Keith Joseph Michell Australian actor
• Keith Allen Haring American artist
• Keith Leon Potger Australian singer
• Keith Hernandez American baseball player
• Keith Theodore Olbermann American political commentator
• Keith Lionel Urban Australian country music singer
• (Keith) Rupert Murdoch Australian,American media mogul
• Keith Habersberger American actor and director for BuzzFeed
• (Julian) Keith Getty Northern Irish composer
• Keith Declan Fahey Irish footballer
• Keith Douglas Sweat American R&B singer
• Keith Floyd British celebrity chef
• Keith Jacka Holyoake 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Keith Malley American comedian of podcast Keith and the Girl
• Keith Powers American actor & model
• Keith Leak Jr. American YouTuber and member of Smosh
• Keith (born James Barry Keefer) American pop singer
• (William) Keith Relf English lead singer of the Yardbirds
• (Margaret) Keith Smythe Meacham wife of presidential historian/biographer Jon Meacham

Keith in Pop Culture

• Keith "Two Bit" Mathews, character from the book/movie "The Outsiders"
• Keith Partridge character on "The Partridge Family"
• Keith Mars character in the TV show "Veronica Mars"
• "Bandit" Keith Howard character from the manga/anime Yu,Gi,Oh
• Keith Scott character on "One Tree Hill"
• Keith Anderson character on TV's "Good Times"
• Keith Nelson character from the movie, "Some Kind Of Wonderful"
• Keith Butterfield character in film "Endless Love"
• Crazy Keith koala on TV's Bear Behaving Badly
• Keith Dudemeister character on TV's Scrubs
• Keith Goodman character in anime Tiger & Bunny
• Keith Kogane character from the Netflix Series "Voltron: Legendary Defender"
• Also a girl's name like Keith Meacham.
• Keith Shadis head instructor of 104th Training Corps in anime/manga 'Attack On Titan'