Keith (given name)

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."^[1] Keith was the 298th most common name given to newborn boys in the United States in 2007.^[2]

Keith

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

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 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 footballer
• Keith Agovida (born 1990), Filipino basketball player
• Keith Ahlers (born 1955), British race car driver
• Keith Aitken (1922–1995), 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 (1934–2024), 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 Christian, Australian zoologist
• 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 Fisher, American ice hockey coach
• 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 (1939–2023), American actor, director, producer and educator
• Keith Galloway (born 1985), Australian rugby league footballer
• Keith Edmund Gavin (1960–2024), American convicted murderer
• 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 1952), Australian 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), 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 1940), 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), Australian-American businessman and media mogul
• Keith Sanderson (sport shooter) (born 1975), American sport shooter
• Keith Scott (footballer) (born 1967), English 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 (director), 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, Mormon bishop
• Keith Van Horn (born 1975), American basketball player
• Keith Waldrop (1932–2023), American poet, translator, publisher, and academic
• 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 in Hong Kong
• Keith Zettlemoyer (1955–1995), American murderer

Fictional characters

• Keith Dudemeister, a supporting character in Scrubs
• Keith Harcourt, a character in Ashita no Nadja
• Keith Mars, father of the titular character in the American TV-series Veronica Mars
• Keith Partridge, oldest son, lead singer and guitarist in the American sitcom the Partridge Family
• Keith Ramsay, a character in Far Cry 3
• Dr. Keith Ricks, a dolphin researcher, one of the main characters of the TV series Flipper (1995 TV series), portrayed by Brian Wimmer
• Keith (Voltron), a main character of Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Keith Watson, from the TV series The Electric Company

See also

• Kieth, another given name