Keith Forename

820th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,061,865 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Niue

Keith Forename Definition:

A Gaelic name, meaning: The wind. A line of Scottish earls, but in this country a name distinguished by William Keith, America’s landscape poet-painter.

Keith Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
640,3301:566104
England
100%
194,6291:28652
Canada
100%
57,4371:577121
Australia-26,7391:511117
South Africa
99%
 
18,8901:2,887522
Scotland
100%
11,6551:459104
New Zealand-11,4731:39577
Wales
100%
10,7431:28859
Kenya
100%
10,3821:4,460720
Philippines
79%
 
7,9561:13,3241,640
Jamaica-6,9791:41376
Ireland
100%
6,3801:728145
Northern Ireland
99%
 
5,3271:34683
Sri Lanka-4,0781:5,100865
Brazil
100%
2,6891:79,6714,808
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2,6791:50849
Nigeria
100%
2,3401:75,8824,750
Malawi
100%
2,0091:8,5181,008
Thailand
100%
1,9801:35,3874,218
Zambia-1,6751:9,4661,059
Malta-1,6651:25846
Sudan
100%
1,5861:23,8382,295
Saudi Arabia-1,5151:20,3382,686
Barbados-1,4091:20622
Zimbabwe
97%
 
1,3931:11,0721,440
Hong Kong-1,2201:6,355564
Guyana
100%
1,1871:64360
France
96%
 
1,1481:57,9011,650
Ghana
100%
1,1241:24,0091,692
Uganda
97%
 
1,1041:37,0992,424
Angola-1,0801:24,9691,864
Bahamas-1,0651:37567
Poland
50%
 
1,0371:36,6701,080
Germany
100%
9701:99,6682,116
Singapore
96%
 
9571:6,5701,201
India
100%
8571:1,417,59482,874
Papua New Guinea
95%
 
7051:11,5641,169
Malaysia
93%
 
6761:45,0443,806
Netherlands
100%
6621:25,5322,246
Spain
100%
6411:72,5902,461
Indonesia-6061:425,68333,614
Japan-6041:211,8977,058
Tanzania
 
59%
5461:96,6825,486
Sweden
98%
 
5451:18,0881,300
Dominican Republic-5311:19,6451,847
China-5011:2,726,65847,622
Oman-4461:9,2121,128
Vanuatu-3711:706186
Kuwait-3231:11,7191,383
Portugal-3231:32,2321,307
United Arab Emirates-3221:22,2112,255
Botswana
100%
3171:6,8911,092
Gabon
100%
2811:6,7021,252
Belize
100%
2691:1,317291
Egypt
100%
2601:353,46510,818
Switzerland
100%
2471:33,2531,795
Jersey
100%
2381:42095
Bahrain-2371:5,691904
Swaziland-2311:5,628945
Peru
76%
 
2201:144,5074,392
Guernsey
100%
2191:28974
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
2191:50935
Namibia-2111:11,3941,321
Venezuela
100%
2081:145,2015,864
Grenada
100%
2021:53567
Mexico
83%
 
1991:623,8416,323
Denmark-1951:28,9721,422
Suriname
100%
1811:3,054705
Norway
100%
1771:28,9961,500
Antigua and Barbuda-1721:57864
Belgium
100%
1671:68,8032,869
Cyprus
100%
1611:5,410607
United States Virgin Islands-1531:717125
Estonia
81%
 
1511:8,7111,050
Guam-1431:1,123249
Bermuda-1411:46065
Iraq
100%
1301:269,3684,024
Saint Lucia
100%
1241:1,434258
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
1201:45754
Fiji-1151:7,7601,571
Chile
65%
 
1121:157,2073,240
Morocco-1091:315,1256,796
Gibraltar-1041:32866
Panama
100%
991:39,4602,945
Liberia
100%
951:46,4432,524
South Korea-931:59,6173,746
Cayman Islands
100%
901:681120
Greece
100%
881:124,2563,091
British Virgin Islands
100%
831:37724
Ecuador-791:224,3913,652
Qatar
100%
771:30,7744,184
Russia
79%
 
761:1,897,81213,039
Italy
73%
 
751:814,1617,482
Turks and Caicos Islands
100%
751:46365
Afghanistan
75%
 
671:486,9188,233
Solomon Islands
100%
611:9,524979
Nicaragua
88%
 
591:102,0063,533
Brunei-581:7,234659
Seychelles-581:1,598376
DR Congo
 
67%
551:1,342,32036,691
Pakistan
81%
 
521:3,737,64840,154
Taiwan
100%
491:485,09627,727
Cameroon-461:469,79415,475
Finland
100%
421:130,5522,715
Macau-391:15,595312
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-381:15332
Costa Rica
68%
 
371:128,8633,682
Honduras
100%
371:238,3105,124
Mozambique-361:756,7601,518
Austria
100%
351:243,2633,286
Colombia
76%
 
351:1,365,11213,587
Anguilla
100%
281:47338
Vietnam
100%
281:3,307,9683,383
Marshall Islands
89%
 
271:1,897291
Laos-251:263,474265
Myanmar-251:2,077,931882
Northern Mariana Islands-231:2,377477
Israel
95%
 
221:381,9518,592
Isle of Man
100%
211:4,049166
Lebanon
 
93%
191:296,1885,053
Luxembourg
100%
181:31,3361,560
Mongolia-181:163,0458,219
Libya-161:388,8321,019
Hungary
86%
 
151:652,7852,218
American Samoa-141:3,989735
Argentina
90%
 
141:3,055,2329,516
Guatemala-141:1,150,6024,788
Cook Islands
100%
131:1,396227
Niue-131:12322
Croatia
100%
111:383,3714,897
Falkland Islands-111:28637
Haiti-111:975,17814,386
Congo
 
75%
101:500,9208,695
Montserrat-101:48837
Bangladesh-91:17,717,93019,122
Cambodia
100%
91:1,808,14822,232
East Timor-91:135,375266
Palau-91:2,41236
Sierra Leone-91:787,629675
Benin-71:1,510,83532,846
Dominica-71:10,782397
Kazakhstan
100%
71:2,535,26417,782
Norfolk Island-71:33262
Czechia
95%
 
61:1,776,0274,577
Monaco
100%
61:6,411917
Turkey-61:12,966,95237,072
Belarus
50%
 
51:1,896,4778,406
Curaçao-51:31,161859
El Salvador-51:1,268,3577,255
Georgia-41:934,61613,351
Mali-41:4,244,4395,329
New Caledonia-41:67,5412,087
Puerto Rico-41:887,5754,962
Rwanda-41:2,842,8582,668
Saint Martin-41:8,936133
Samoa-41:48,798712
Slovakia
100%
41:1,327,5164,597
Tonga-41:26,859378
Armenia-31:972,9188,284
Bulgaria-31:2,330,13016,302
Burkina Faso-31:6,126,49060,119
Cuba-31:3,835,5178,849
Guinea-31:3,952,8826,312
Iceland-31:122,0064,203
Ivory Coast-31:7,691,97882,363
Jordan
58%
 
31:2,942,2588,136
Liechtenstein-31:12,619697
Nepal-31:9,495,78471,056
Ukraine-31:15,166,63617,541
Uruguay-31:1,142,54610,015
Albania
 
60%
21:1,523,28533,816
Andorra-21:41,444944
Azerbaijan-21:4,821,47233,780
Kyrgyzstan-21:2,986,63834,954
Latvia-21:1,007,8224,547
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Paraguay-21:3,618,40211,946
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Bhutan-11:824,9286,865
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Chad-11:13,598,39815,363
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Faroe Islands-11:49,1272,467
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Greenland-11:56,3711,395
Guinea-Bissau-11:1,728,218422
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Mauritius
100%
11:1,297,78413,721
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Montenegro
100%
11:634,5764,914
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
Tajikistan-11:8,374,9227,831
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047

Keith (80,997) may also be a surname.

Keith Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Gaelic name, meaning: The wind. A line of Scottish earls, but in this country a name distinguished by William Keith, America’s landscape poet-painter.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

A Gaelic name, meaning: A Scottish earldom, but higher distinction has come to the name from William Keith, Cali­fornia landscape painter.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Keith Forename Popularity

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Keiath912/
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Keiieth831/
Kieth803,839/
Keite802,078/
Keyth801,037/
Kaith80845/
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Keuth8022/
Khith8020/
Keyit8012/
Kejit8011/
Koith806/
Keiit804/
Keidh804/
Keiet804/
Keths803/
Kketh803/
Kizth802/
Kuith802/
Qeith802/
Gkeit801/
Kezth801/
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Kedth801/
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Keiat801/
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Kesth801/
Kitph801/
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Keithdds772/
Kit75344,741/
Ket7547,938/
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Khesth7375/
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Khethe7336/
Kajith7325/
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Kiet67134,073/
Kath6718,777/
Keat679,059/
Khet675,782/
Koet673,119/
Khit672,634/
Kitt672,352/
Kait671,804/
Kete671,431/
Keyt671,305/
Kuet671,063/
Kaet671,020/
Kite67916/
Koit67804/
Keet67430/
Kett67306/
Keut67228/
Kuit67152/
Käth6793/
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Kiot6764/
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Kedh6724/
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Kidh6712/
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Kayethe672/
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Keith