Keith
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Keith may refer to:
People
  • Keith (given name)
    Keith (given name)
    Keith is a masculine given name. It comes from a Scottish surname, which is derived from a place name meaning "wood, forest". Keith was the 298th most common name given to newborn boys in the United States in 2007...

  • Keith (surname)
    Keith (surname)
    Keith was the surname of an ancient Scottish family who held the office of Knight Marischal and later Earl Marischal of Scotland. The common surname is derived from this family or the town of Keith in Morayshire.-List of persons with the surname:* A...

  • Baron Keith
    Baron Keith
    Baron Keith was a title that was created three times in British history, with all three creations in favour of the same person, Admiral the Honourable Sir George Keith Elphinstone...

    , line of Scottish barons in the late 18th century
  • Clan Keith
    Clan Keith
    Clan Keith is a Scottish clan associated with Aberdeenshire and Caithness.-Origins:It is said that a Scottish warrior slew the Danish General Camus at the legendary Battle of Barrie in 1010. For this, King Máel Coluim II of Scotland dipped three fingers into the blood of the slain and drew them...

    , Scottish clan associated with lands in northeastern and northwestern Scotland


In places:
Australia
  • Keith, South Australia
    Keith, South Australia
    Keith is a small farming town in the south-east of South Australia. It is approximately 225 km from Adelaide at the junction of the Dukes Highway and the Riddoch Highway. It is sometimes referred to as the 'lucerne capital of Australia' due to the high number of lucerne growers in the region...

Canada
  • Keith, a town in Alberta
    Alberta
    Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

Scotland
  • The Barony of Keith in East Lothian, its caput being Keith Marischal
    Keith Marischal
    Keith Marischal is a Scottish Baronial Country house lying in the parish of Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland. The original building was an "L-shaped" Tower house, built long before 1589 when it was extended into a "U-shaped" courtyard house. In the nineteenth century the courtyard was filled in...

  • Keith, Moray
    Keith, Moray
    Keith is a small town in the Moray council area in north east Scotland. It has a population of around 4,500....

    , a town in the Moray Council Area, from which many of the other places outwith Scotland take their names
  • Keith Inch, beside Peterhead
    Peterhead
    Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement , with a population of 17,947 at the 2001 Census and estimated to have fallen to 17,330 by 2006....

     Bay in the Aberdeenshire Council Area (from 1975 to 1996 in Grampian Region)
United States of America
  • Keith County, Nebraska
    Keith County, Nebraska
    -History:Keith County was formed in 1873. It was named after Morrill C. Keith, the grandfather of Governor Keith Neville.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 8,875 people, 3,707 households, and 2,535 families residing in the county. The population density was 8 people per square mile...

  • Keith, in Harlan County, Kentucky
    Harlan County, Kentucky
    Harlan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1819. As of 2000, the population was 33,200. Its county seat is Harlan...

  • Keith, the name of a number of towns and places in Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

  • Keith, Wisconsin
    Keith, Wisconsin
    Keith is a ghost town in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. Keith was located in the town of Lincoln south-southeast of Crandon. The town was marked on USGS maps as late as 1939....

    , a ghost town


In entertainment:
  • Keith (film)
    Keith (film)
    Keith is an independent film directed by Todd Kessler. It was written by Todd Kessler and David Zabel based on the short story "Keith" by author Ron Carlson, from his book The Hotel Eden...

    , independent film directed by Todd Kessler
  • Keith and The Girl
    Keith and The Girl
    Keith and The Girl, abbreviated as KATG, is a popular comedy podcast that began on March 7, 2005. It is hosted by comedian Keith Malley and singer Chemda Khalili in Queens, New York. Chemda is of Persian descent whilst Keith's exact origins are unknown, but believed to be eastern European...

    , an Internet podcast hosted by Keith Malley


In music:
  • Keith (band)
    Keith (band)
    Keith were an English rock band. Keith formed in Warrington in 2002. The band moved to Manchester in 2004. The band were the 2006 joint winners of the Road to V competition with the London based Bombay Bicycle Club...

    , British band
  • Keith (singer)
    Keith (singer)
    Keith is an American vocalist. He legally changed his name to Bazza Keefer in 1988, in memory of his mother.-Early days:...

    , American singer


In sport:
  • Keith F.C.
    Keith F.C.
    Keith F.C. are a senior football club who currently play in the Highland League in Scotland.They were founded in 1910 and play at Kynoch Park which is at the east end of the town..Keith are the football team of Keith in Banffshire, north-east Scotland...

    , football team based in the same-named town in the Moray Council Area in Scotland

Other:
  • Hurricane Keith
    Hurricane Keith
    Hurricane Keith caused extensive damage in Central America, especially in Mexico and Belize. The fifteenth tropical cyclone, eleventh named storm, and seventh hurricane of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season, Keith developed as a tropical depression from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea...

    , a retired category 4 hurricane of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season

See also

  • Keith number, integer that appears as a term in a linear recurrence relation with initial terms based on its own digits
  • Dalkeith
    Dalkeith
    Dalkeith is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the River North Esk. It was granted a burgh of barony in 1401 and a burgh of regality in 1540...

    , Midlothian, town in Scotland
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