Keavy
Meaning: “beautiful, precious”
About the name Keavy
Keavy is a girl name with Irish and Scottish Gaelic roots, meaning “beautiful, precious”.
It has a unique feel. Fewer than 5 US babies of either sex received it in 2025, so it's very rare right now. Its peak year since 1940 was 2018. Since 2000, 100% of US babies named Keavy were girls.
Etymology
From Irish and Scottish Gaelic, meaning “beautiful, precious”.
Name meaning adapted from Wiktionary (“Keavy”) by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- US rank 2025
- Not ranked
- In 2015
- Not ranked
- Babies in 2025
- Under 5
Popularity of Keavy, 1940–2025
Latest SSA data: 2025.
Popularity data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby names (public domain; names given to at least 5 babies of one sex per year).
Names similar to Keavy
- Kacee“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”
- Kacey“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”
- Kacie“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”
- Kasey“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”
- Kaycee“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”
- Kaycie“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”
- Kealy“descendant of Caollaidhe”
- Keara“black, dark, little dark one”
- Keeley“descendant of Caollaidhe”
- Keelin“thin, slender + light, fair”
Name meanings marked or linked “Wiktionary” are adapted from Wiktionary by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; each name page links its source entry.