MEANING & HISTORY
What does Keagan mean?
Keagan is recorded as a variant of Keegan, an Irish surname transferred into given-name use. Mac Aodhagáin means son of Aodhagán, a diminutive associated with Aodh, fire.
Aodhagán should not simply be replaced with Aidan, a different name form. The exact surname chain supplies the formation without a fabricated universal little fire meaning.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Variant of Keegan.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Keagan (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Irish Mac Aodhagáin (“son of Aidan”).
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Keagan (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Kalenjin Kigan.
A male given name from Kalenjin.
Wiktionary: Keagan (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Keagan
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Keagan De Jesus
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Keagan De Jesus
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Keagan in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Keagan
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Reagan♂♀From Ó Riagáin, “descendant of Riagán”
- Kean♂Irish surname-name through Kane and Ó Catháin
- Megan♀Pearl; Welsh form in the Margaret family
- Kelvin♂From Scotland’s River Kelvin
- Ken♂Short form of Kenneth; also an independent Japanese name
- Kenken♂Repeated Ken, familiar to Kenneth or Kendrick
- Keqiang·Ability or overcoming + strength in the Chinese 克强 spelling
- Kevin♂Dear or handsome, joined with birth
What rhymes with Keagan?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Keagan further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q112876011 — Keagan (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Keagan De Jesus (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q112876011 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Keagan (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Keagan (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Keagan (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: keegan (opens in a new tab)
Independently consulted exact source-name relationship and qualifications.