Keawe

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

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

Keawe by the numbers

Keawe was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Keawe

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keawe. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Keanesharp or keen; from an irish surname31 in the US (2017)
  • Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kwameborn on saturday11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Keagenvariant of Keegan; small descendant of Egan24 in the US (2017)
  • Keahifire or flames17 in the US (2017)
  • Kealathe path or way10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keawe

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