Keith (given name)

Keith is a masculine given name. It comes from a Scottish surname, adopted as a given name in the 19th century. 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]

People with the given name[]

• Keith Abbis (born 1932), retired English footballer
• Keith Ablow (born 1961), American author and TV personality
• Keith Ackerman (born 1946), American bishop
• Keith Acton (born 1958), former Canadian ice hockey player
• Keith Adams (disambiguation), several people
• Keith Adamson (born 1945), former English 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
• Keith Anderson (born 1968), American country music artist
• Keith Andrews (footballer) (born 1980), Irish footballer
• 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 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 Chegwin (1957–2017), British television presenter
• Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), British writer
• Keith Cieplicki (born 1963), American basketball player and coach
• Keith Coleman (disambiguation), several people
• Keith Coogan (born 1970), American actor
• Keith Farrelle Cozart (born 1995), American rapper and songwriter known by his stage name Chief Keef
• 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 (born 1900), Massachusetts legislator
• Keith Ferguson (disambiguation), several people
• 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 Fowler (born 1939), American Theater Director, Educator
• Keith Galloway (born 1985), Australian Rugby League player
• Keith Valentine Graham (born 1958), better known as Levi Roots, British-Jamaican musician, celebrity chef and businessman
• Keith Getty (born 1974), Irish musician
• Keith Green (1953–1982), American musician
• 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 professional 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 Hitchins (1931–2020), American historian and professor
• Keith Hodge (born 1974), American comedian of the Hodgetwins
• Keith Hernandez (born 1953), American baseball player
• Keith Hitchins (1931–2020), American historian
• 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 (tight end) (born 1965), American football player
• Keith Jardine (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
• Keith Jarrett (born 1945), American jazz pianist
• Keith Keane (born 1986), Irish footballer
• Keith Kidd (born 1962), American football player
• Keith Kirkwood (born 1993), American football 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 (born 1957), British guitarist
• 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 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 Powell (born 1979), American actor
• Keith Price (born 1991), American football player
• (born 1978), American tattooist
• 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 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 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 Szarabajka (born 1952), American actor
• Keith Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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 Van Horn (born 1975), American basketball player
• Shane Keith Warne (born 1969), Australian cricket player
• Keith Wells (1962–1994), American murderer executed in Idaho
• Keith West (born 1943), English rock singer and songwriter
• Keith Whitley (1955–1989), American country music singer
• Keith Daniel Williams (1947–1996), American murderer executed in California
• Keith Wood (born 1972), Irish rugby union player
• Keith Woolner (born c. 1968), American baseball analyst
• Keith Yandle (born 1986), American hockey player
• Keith Zettlemoyer (1955–1995), American murderer executed in Pennsylvania

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 from Flipper (1995 TV series), portrayed by Brian Wimmer
• Keith Watson, a character from the TV series The Electric Company
• King K. Rool, a prominent villain in the Donkey Kong series of video games.
• Keith Partridge, oldest son, lead singer and guitarist in the Partridge Family.

See also[]

• Keith (surname)

References[]

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