Keats
/ˈkiːts/US/ˈkits/
Keats proper noun: a surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
Proper noun
Keats
- A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
- John Keats (1795–1821), English poet and key figure of the Romantic movement.
- A census-designated place in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after the poet John Keats.
Keats meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Keats in Hindi
- transliterations of the name Keats
- कीट्स kīṭs
Keats in Tamil
- transliterations of the name Keats
- கீற்ஸ் kīṟs
Keats in Urdu
- transliterations of the name Keats
- کیٹس Kīṭs
Keats in Bengali
- transliterations of the name Keats
- কিটস kiṭoś
More languagesFewer languages
- Keats in Malayalam
- കീറ്റ്സ് kīṟṟsŭ
- Keats in Kannada
- ಕೀಟ್ಸ್ kīṭs
- Keats in Punjabi
- ਕੀਟਸ kīṭas
- Keats in Sanskrit
- कीट्स kīṭsa
- Keats in Nepali
- किट्स kiṭsa
- Keats in Arabic
- كِيتْس kīts
- Keats in Persian
- کیتس kits
- Keats in Thai
- คีตส์ kîits
- Keats in Myanmar
- ကိ ki.
- Sindhi
- ڪيٽس Kīṭs
Origin of Keats
From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūt (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).
Words formed from Keats
Words that rhyme with Keats
Questions about Keats
- What does Keats mean?
- Keats means a surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
- What is Keats in Hindi?
- Keats in Hindi is कीट्स (kīṭs). See Keats meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Keats?
- Keats is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Keats?
- Keats is pronounced /ˈkiːts/ (UK).
Words near Keats in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Keats (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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