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Surname Etymology and Meaning of KEANE

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Southern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin ‘descendant of Cathán’, a personal name from a diminutive of cath ‘battle’. Compare Kane.
2. Irish: occasionally an Anglicized form of Ó Céin ‘descendant of Cian’, a personal name meaning ‘distant’, ‘long’.
3. English: variant spelling of Keen.
4. Americanized spelling of German Kühn(e) (see Kuehn).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)