Keats
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning dweller at the cottages; surname as given name.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Keats by the numbers
Keats was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keats. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Keithforest; from gaelic cèith582 in the US (2017)
- Keatonfrom Keaton, settlement where hawks fly496 in the US (2017)
- Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Klauspeople's victory; form of nicholas53 in the US (2017)
- Keanesharp or keen; from an irish surname31 in the US (2017)
- Keahifire or flames17 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a gift
Like Keats, each of these has a gift in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
- Mateogift of God7,735 in the US (2017)
- Jonathanyahweh has given; god's gift6,476 in the US (2017)
- Theodoregift of God2,638 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kennedymisshapen head; an Irish surname used as given name4,277 in the US (2017)
- Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Keats
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