Surname

O'Keeffe

“descendant of Caomh”

O'Keeffe is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

O'Keeffe is a form of O'Keefe. O'Keefe goes back to Irish Ó Caoimh, meaning “descendant of Caomh.”

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Where it comes from

O'Keeffe is a form of O'Keefe. O'Keefe comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

O'Keeffe’s family of names

In English usage, O'Keeffe as a surname has a related form in O'KEEFE.

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