Keaton
/ˈkitən/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An English surname.
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 3 An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States, named after a local family.
Example
More examples"Buster Keaton was one of Hollywood’s greatest silent comics."
Etymology
A variant of Caton or Keeton, or a habitational name from Keaton in Ermington, Devon, possibly derived from Welsh cae (“hedge, enclosure”) + Middle English toun (“farmstead, settlement”).