Keith
Pronunciation: /kiːθ/
The English word “Keith” has 2 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio, United States.
Etymology
* As a Scottish surname, from the placename in Moray, Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic Cèith, meaning "wood" or "from the battleground," which is probably borrowed from Pictish *ᚉᚓᚈ (cēt) meaning "wood", or a forest, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd. * As a German surname, from Middle High German kit (“sprout, offspring”); compare Middle High German kint.
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