# Keenan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,478

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name
2. A male given name from Irish.

## Etymology
From Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.

## Easily confused with
- **keene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keenan-vs-keene)
- **Kenyan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keenan-vs-kenyan)
- **Kieran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keenan-vs-kieran)
- **keenly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keenan-vs-keenly)
- **keener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keenan-vs-keener)
- **keen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keen-vs-keenan)
- **Keegan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keegan-vs-keenan)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ekenan`, `keeann`, `keenann`, `keenna`, `keennan`, `kenan`, `kenean`, `kkeenan`

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