Given name
Keitha
“woman of the wood”·“man from the forest”
Keitha is a feminine form of Keith. One Scottish interpretation is “man from the forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Scottish use, Keitha carries the interpretation “woman of the wood.” Keitha is a feminine form of Keith. One Scottish interpretation is “man from the forest.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
How it developed
Keitha is used as a feminine counterpart of Keith.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keitha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,449
- 0 boys · 1,449 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 63 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 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,148 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keitha’s family of names
Keitha is a feminine form of Keith. Keitha has a related form in Keita. Keitha has a related form in Keeltea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Keitavariant
- Keelteavariant
- Keeltyvariant
- Keelteevariant
- Keelteyvariant
- Keeltivariant
- Keeltievariant
- Kietavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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