# Keith (given name)

Keith is a given name of Gaelic origin. It means "wood" or "from the battleground" and shares the same derivation as Clan Keith. The surname derives from a toponym, Keith Marischal in East Lothian, possibly containing the Brittonic element cet "woods, forest." Keith was the 298th most common name given to newborn boys in the United States in 2007.

## People with the given name
### Multiple people

* Keith Adams (disambiguation), several people
* Keith Campbell (disambiguation), multiple people
* Keith Coleman (disambiguation), several people
* Keith Ferguson (disambiguation), several people
* Keith Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people

### Individuals

* Keith Abbis (born 1932), English retired footballer
* Keith Ablow (born 1961), American author and TV personality
* Keith Ackerman (born 1946), American bishop
* Keith Acton (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player
* Keith Adamson (born 1945), English former footballer
* Keith Agovida (born 1990), Filipino basketball player
* Keith Ahlers (born 1955), British race car driver
* Keith Aitken (born 1942), former Australian rugby league player
* Keith Allan (actor) (born 1969), American actor and screenwriter
* Keith Allan (linguist) (born 1943), Australian linguist
* Keith William Allan (1946–2000), Australian solicitor and murder victim
* Keith Anderson (born 1968), American country music artist
* Keith Andrews (footballer) (born 1980), Irish footballer
* Keith Azopardi (born 1967), Gibraltarian politician
* Keith Azzopardi Tanti (born 1984), Maltese politician
* Keith Baldwin (born 1960), American football player
* Keith Barnes (born 1934), Australian rugby league player
* Keith Beavers (born 1983), Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer
* Keith Beebe (1921–1998), American football player
* Keith Beirne (born 1996/1997), Leitrim Gaelic footballer
* Keith Bennett (basketball) (born 1961), American-Israeli basketball player
* Keith Berry (fighter) (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
* Keith Berry (musician) (born 1973), London-based musician and composer
* Keith Booth (born 1974), American basketball player
* Keith Braxton (born 1997), American basketball player
* Keith Buckley (born 1979), American musician, vocalist for Every Time I Die and The Damned Things
* Keith Allen Byrley(Born1964)American, Native Indian "Cheyenne" Nation Brilliant construction skills devoted friend
* Keith Caputo (born 1973), American musician, vocalist for Life of Agony
* Keith Carney (born 1970), American hockey player
* Keith Carradine (born 1949), American actor
* Keith Chapman (born 1958), British television writer and producer
* Keith Chegwin (1957–2017), British television presenter
* Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), British writer
* Keith Christian, Australian zoologist
* Keith Cieplicki (born 1963), American basketball player and coach
* Keith C. Clarke (born 1955), cartographer
* Keith Coogan (born 1970), American actor
* Keith Cozart (born 1995), stage name Chief Keef, American rapper and songwriter
* Keith Cupp (born 1964), American football player
* Keith Dambrot (born 1958), American college basketball coach
* Keith David (born 1956), American actor
* Keith Douglas (1920–1944), British poet
* Keith Eaman (born 1947), Canadian football player
* Keith Earls (born 1987), Irish rugby union player
* Keith Elam (1966–2010), American hip hop artist
* Keith Ellison (born 1963), American politician and lawyer
* Keith Emerson (1944–2016), English musician and composer
* Keith Erickson (born 1944), American basketball player
* Keith Falconer Fletcher (1900–1987), American politician
* Keith Flint (1969–2019), member of British electronica band The Prodigy
* Keith Flowers (1930–1993), American football player
* Keith Floyd (1943–2009), British chef
* Keith Ford (born 1994), American football player
* Keith Forde, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
* Keith Fowler (born 1939), American actor, director, producer and educator
* Keith Galloway (born 1985), Australian rugby league footballer
* Keith Edmund Gavin (1960 – 2024), American convicted murderer
* Keith Godard (1938–2020), British born graphic artist and designer
* Keith Valentine Graham (born 1958), better known as Levi Roots, British-Jamaican musician, celebrity chef and businessman
* Keith Getty (born 1974), Irish musician
* Keith Gill (born 1986), American financial analyst and investor
* Keith Green (1953–1982), American musician
* Keith Guzah (died 2020), Zimbabwean politician
* Keith Haring (1958–1990), American artist
* Keith Harkin (born 1986), Irish solo musician and former principal singer of all-male musical group Celtic Thunder
* Keith Harris (cricketer) (born 1957), English cricketer
* Keith Harris (record producer) (born 1976), American record producer, songwriter and musician
* Keith Harris (rugby league) (born 1954), Australian former rugby league footballer
* Keith Harris (ventriloquist) (1947–2015), English ventriloquist
* Keith R. Harris (born 1953), English financier
* Keith Henson (born 1942), American electrical engineer and writer on life extension, cryonics, memetics and evolutionary psychology
* Keith Hernandez (born 1953), American baseball player
* Keith Hitchins (1931–2020), American historian and professor
* Keith Hodge (born 1974), American comedian of the Hodgetwins
* Keith Holyoake (1904–1983), former Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957, 1960–1972)
* Keith Ismael (born 1998), American football player
* Keith Jackson (1928–2016), American sportscaster
* Keith Jackson (defensive tackle) (born 1985), American football player
* Keith Jackson (media executive) (born 1945), British-born Australian journalist, blogger and retired media executive
* Keith Jackson (tight end) (born 1965), American football player
* Keith Jardine (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
* Keith Jarrett (born 1945), American jazz pianist
* Keith Hunter Jesperson (born 1955), Canadian-American serial killer
* Keith Johnson (author) (born 1938), British writer and software developer
* Keith Jones (Atlanta Falcons), American football player
* Keith "End Zone" Jones (born 1966), American football player
* Keith Keane (born 1986), Irish footballer
* Keith Kidd (born 1962), American football player
* Keith Kirkwood (born 1993), American football player
* Keith Kokkola (1949–2004), Canadian ice hockey player
* Keith Lamb (musician) (born 1952), Australian singer and songwriter
* Keith Langford (born 1983), American basketball player
* Keith Lee (American football) (born 1957), American football player
* Keith Lee (basketball) (born 1962), American basketball player
* Keith Levene (1957–2022), English musician
* Keith Liddell, American mathematician and author
* Keith Lincoln (1939–2019), American football player
* Keith Lockhart (baseball) (born 1964), American baseball player
* Keith Lulia (born 1987), Australian-Cook Islander Rugby League player
* Keith Maillard (born 1942), American-Canadian novelist and poet
* Keith Malley (born 1974), American comedian and podcaster
* Keith Mansfield (born 1941), British composer and arranger
* Keith Mansfield (writer) (born 1965), English novelist and publisher
* Keith Mant (1919–2000), British forensic pathologist
* Keith McHenry (born 1957), American anarchist and activist
* Keith Miller (1919–2004), Australian cricketer
* Keith Moon (1946–1978), English rock drummer
* Keith Moreland (born 1954), American baseball player
* Keith Morgan (judoka) (born 1973), Canadian judoka
* Keith Murdoch (1885–1952), Australian journalist and publisher
* Keith Murray (rapper) (born 1974), American hip hop artist
* Keith Neale, British public health doctor
* Keith Newman (born 1977), American football player
* Keith Olbermann (born 1959), American sportscaster and political commentator
* Keith Owens (born 1969), American basketball player
* Keith Park (1892–1975), New Zealand Air Marshall of World War II
* Keith Parkinson (1958–2005), American fantasy artist
* Keith Parkinson (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
* Keith Paterson (born 1931), British Internet celebrity
* Keith Powell (born 1979), American actor
* Keith Price (born 1991), American football player
* Keith Randolph Jr. (born 2001), American football player
* Keith Reaser (born 1991), American football player
* Keith Relf (1943–1976), English musician and vocalist
* Keith Richards (born 1943), English rock guitarist and songwriter
* Keith Ridgway (born 1965), Irish writer
* Keith Riglin (born 1957), Anglican bishop
* Keith Rupert Murdoch (born 1931), international businessman
* Keith Sanderson (born 1975), American sport shooter
* Keith Scott (footballer) (born 1967), former professional footballer
* Keith Scott (musician) (born 1954), Canadian guitar player
* Keith Scott (voice actor) (born 1953), Australian voice actor, impressionist and animation historian
* Keith Silverstein (born 1970), American voice actor, known for lending his voice to English versions of Japanese anime and video games
* Keith Slatter, English rugby league footballer
* Keith Cameron Smith (born 1971), American entrepreneur, self-help and finance author and motivational speaker
* Keith Stewart (1739–1795), Scottish Admiral and MP in the British Parliament
* Keith Strickland (born 1953), American rock musician, songwriter and member of the band The B-52s
* Keith Sweat (born 1961), American R&B singer
* Keith Syers (1939–2011), Anglo-New Zealand academic and academic administrator
* Keith Szarabajka (born 1952), American actor
* Keith Thomas, American film director
* Keith Thornton (born 1963), American rapper better known as Kool Keith
* Keith Tkachuk (born 1972), American hockey player
* Keith Towbridge (born 1995), American football player
* Keith Urban (born 1967), Australian country music singer
* Keith Vallejo, former Mormon bishop
* Keith Van Horn (born 1975), American basketball player
* Keith Waldrop (1932-2023) National Book Award-winning poet
* Keith Walters, American academic
* Shane Keith Warne (1969–2022), Australian cricket player
* Keith Wells (1962–1994), American murderer
* Keith West (born 1943), English rock singer and songwriter
* Keith Whitley (1955–1989), American country music singer
* Keith Daniel Williams (1947–1996), American murderer
* Keith Wood (born 1972), Irish rugby union player
* Keith Woodrow (1927–1997), Scottish police officer
* Keith Woolner (born c. 1968), American baseball analyst
* Keith Yandle (born 1986), American hockey player
* Keith M L Yeung (born 1988), horse racing jockey
* Keith Zettlemoyer (1955–1995), American murderer

## Fictional characters

* Keith (Voltron), a main character of Voltron: Legendary Defender
* Keith Dudemeister, a supporting character in Scrubs
* Dr. Keith Ricks, a dolphin researcher, one of the main characters of the TV series Flipper (1995 TV series), portrayed by Brian Wimmer
* Keith Watson, from the TV series The Electric Company
* Keith Partridge, oldest son, lead singer and guitarist in the American sitcom the Partridge Family
* Keith Mars, father of the titular character in the American TV-series Veronica Mars
* Keith Ramsay, a character in Far Cry 3