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Keenan

Keenan proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Keenan (plural Keenans)

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

Forms of Keenan

pluralKeenans

Origin of Keenan

From Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.

Questions about Keenan

What does Keenan mean?
Keenan means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Keenan?
Keenan is a proper noun.

Words near Keenan in the dictionary

  1. keen on
  2. Keen-chang
  3. keen-witted
  4. keen-wittedness
  5. Keena
  6. Keenan
  7. Keenas
  8. Keenbrook
  9. keene
  10. Keene's cement
  11. keened

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