Keady

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Keedy

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Céadaigh.

Proper noun

Keady (countable and uncountable, plural Keadys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
3. A community in Georgian Bluffs township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Keady is the 33990^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 669 individuals. Keady is most common among White (94.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Keady”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286.