Updated June 9, 2019

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Gaelic : Brave

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Sharp; bold

Boy name variations

Keane

Keane

- 36% this year
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Kean

Kean

- 22% this year
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Keene

Keene

0 % this year
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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Kene, a short form of the Old English personal name Cēn or Cyne, based on Old English cēne ‘wise’, ‘brave’, ‘proud’.
  • Americanized spelling of German Kühn (see Kuehn).
  • Robert Keayne (d. 1655) was one of the founders of Boston MA, and is buried in the King’s Chapel Burying Ground there.