Keane Family History
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Keane Name Meaning
Southern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin ‘descendant of Cathán’, a personal name from a diminutive of cath ‘battle’. Compare Kane. Irish: occasionally an Anglicized form of Ó Céin ‘descendant of Cian’, a personal name meaning ‘distant’, ‘long’. English: variant spelling of Keen. Americanized spelling of German Kühn(e) (see Kuehn).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Kane, Keene, Keaney, Deane, Bean, Kean, Kearns, Pane, Kelner, Keune