Keithen
A boys’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning wood; a form of Keith.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Keithen by the numbers
Keithen was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keithen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Keithen
Names that are said the same way as Keithen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kethan10 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Keithen, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Forrestwoodland dweller; one from the forest82 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Keithen
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