Keelan

English

Etymology

Two main etymologies:

• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Céileacháin (“descendant of Céileachán”), a diminutive of céile (“companion”).
• Welsh habitational surname for someone from Cilan.

Proper noun

Keelan (plural Keelans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Keelan is the 30735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 758 individuals. Keelan is most common among White (89.97%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Keelan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287.

Anagrams

• alkene