Keats

//ˈkits// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
  2. 2
    John Keats (1795–1821), English poet and key figure of the Romantic movement.

Etymology

From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).

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