Keith (given name)

Keith (given name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Keith


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pronunciation= "keeth", /'ki:θ/
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meaning ="woodland", or "forest'
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Keith (pronounced "keeth", /'ki:θ/), as a forename is a transferred use of the Scottish surname. The surname probably originally meant "woodland", or "forest". [Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K.; & Hodges, F. (2006). "A Dictionary of First Names". Oxford University Press. ] Keith was the 298th most common name given to newborn boys in the United States in 2007. [ [http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ Popular baby names ] ]

Television and film

* Keith David, American actor
* Keith Carradine, American actor
* Keith Chegwin, British television presenter
* Keith Coogan, American actor
* Keith Wilkinson (reporter) British TV reporter
* Keith Olbermann, American broadcaster who hosts "Countdown"
* Keith Szarabajka, American actor

Music

* Keith Caputo, U.S. vocalist, best known for his work with the band Life of Agony
* Keith Flint, member of British electronica band The Prodigy
* Keith Jarrett, American jazz pianist
* Keith Jolie, Canadian Singer Songwriter
* Keith Lamb, Australian singer and songwriter
* Keith Moon, British musician
* Keith Murray (rapper), American hip hop artist
* Keith Murray (rock), American musician
* Keith Richards, British guitarist
* Keith Relf, British singer
* Keith Sweat, American R&B singer
* Keith Urban, Country music singer

ports

* Keith Morgan, Canadian judoka
* Keith Newman, American football player for several NFL teams
* Keith Tkachuk, American hockey player in the St. Louis Blues
* Keith Carney, American hockey player in the Minnesota Wild
* Keith Van Horn, American basketball player in the Dallas Mavericks
* Keith Barnes, Australian rugby league player for the Balmain Tigers
* Keith Beavers, Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer
* Keith Booth, American basketball player
* Keith Hernandez, American baseball player
* Keith Jackson, American sportscaster
* Keith Lee, American basketball player
* Keith Cieplicki, American basketball player and coach
* Keith Miller, Australian cricketer
* Keith Olbermann, American journalist and sportscaster
* Kieth Odor, British racing driver
* Keith Anderson, Country singer
* Keith Douglas, war poet from World War II
* Keith Haring, American artist
* Keith Harris, British ventriloquist
* Keith Henson, an American electrical engineer and writer on life extension, cryonics, memetics and evolutionary psychology
* Keith Keane, Irish footballer
* Keith Mant, British forensic pathologist
* Keith Ridgway, Irish writer
* Keith Malley, star of the popular internet podcast "Keith and the Girl", comedian
* Keith Stewart, a Scottish Admiral and MP in the British Parliament

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