# Keavy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keavy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “beautiful”, “precious” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Keeva, Keevah, Kiva, Keava, Keva |
| US babies named this | 6 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 270, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicised form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic Caoimhe (“beautiful, precious”).

## What it means

Keavy is grouped under beauty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 14,742 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 12 | 1,715 |
| 2006 | 10 | 2,137 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2,022 |
| 2009 | 17 | 1,596 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.