Given name & surname
Keshi
“a long-haired man”
Keshi is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a long-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a long-haired man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keshi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 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 1979. 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.
Keshi’s family of names
Keshi has a related form in Keshea. Keshi has a related form in Keshee. Keshi has a related form in Keshey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Keshi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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