# Keaton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkitən/ · frequency rank #23,882

## Definitions
1. An English surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States, named after a local family.

## Etymology
A variant of Caton or Keeton, or a habitational name from Keaton in Ermington, Devon, possibly derived from Welsh cae (“hedge, enclosure”) + Middle English toun (“farmstead, settlement”).

## Easily confused with
- **keto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keaton-vs-keto)
- **Keats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keaton-vs-keats)
- **Kenton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keaton-vs-kenton)
- **ketone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keaton-vs-ketone)
- **keratin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keaton-vs-keratin)
- **Kempton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keaton-vs-kempton)
- **Kato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kato-vs-keaton)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ekaton`, `kaeton`, `keaotn`, `keatno`, `keatonn`, `keatton`, `ketaon`, `kkeaton`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/keaton