How do you pronounce keith?

The recorded pronunciation is /kiːθ/.

Where does keith come from?

It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

keith

/kiːθ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: kei-th
IPA: /kiːθ/

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A Scottish surname.

Countable

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Countable

name

A female given name from surname.

Countable; Uncountable

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A placename:

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A placename:

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Example Sentences

"“I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday."

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.

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: Cèith, *ᚉᚓᚈ, *koɨd, -, kit

Usage

Inflected Forms

Keiths (plural)

Derived Forms

Keithley Klance

Phrases

Keith County Keith Hall Keith number

Rhymes With

teeth beneath underneath heath wreath sheath leith spieth meath bequeath reith spaeth

keith

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How to pronounce keith