Boy · Irish Gaelic
Keegan
Say it: KEE-gun
Meaning
From the Irish surname Mac Aodhagáin 'son of Aodhagán', a diminutive of Aodh 'fire'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as an American boys' name from the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 39,498 babies given this name since 1965
- At its height in 2007, about 1 in 1,200 boys
- 659 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kegan
Famous bearers
- Keegan-Michael Key, American comedian
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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