Given name & surname
Kieth
“man from the forest”
Kieth is a variant of Keith. One Scottish interpretation is “man from the forest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kieth is a variant of Keith. One Scottish interpretation is “man from the forest.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kieth is a variant of Keith. Keith has been associated with Scottish and Celtic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
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
Kieth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,837
- 2,837 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 88 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 boys is 7 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 88 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,559 as a first name in 2020; 263 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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