Given name
Keavy
“a lovely and graceful girl”
Keavy is used as a given name. One Irish interpretation is “a lovely and graceful girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a lovely and graceful girl.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
In English usage, Keavy developed from Caoimhe.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keavy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keavy’s family of names
In English usage, Keavy developed from the Scottish Gaelic form Caoimhe. In English usage, Keavy has a related form in Keva. In English usage, Keavy has a related form in Kiva.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kivavariant · English
- Keevavariant · English
- Kevavariant · English
- Keavavariant · English
- Keevahvariant · English
- Keaveavariant
- Keaveevariant
- Keavievariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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