Keady as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Keady

What is the meaning of the name Keady ?

The baby name Keady is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KEE-dee (ˈkiːdi),KAY-dee (ˈkeɪdi).

Keady is Irish in Origin.

Keady is an Irish surname-turned-given name, linked to the town of Keady in County Armagh; its Irish form An Céide comes from céide, meaning “flat-topped hill,” “upland plain,” or “brow of a hill.” As a family name it corresponds to Ó Céidigh (often anglicised Keady or Keedy), documented in Connacht and Ulster. Céide also appears widely in Irish place-names (cf. Céide Fields).

As a given name, Keady is a rare modern choice, adopted in the late 20th and 21st centuries via the fashion for surnames as first names. It is generally unisex. Spelling variants include Keedy, Keadey, and Keadie; Keddy/Keddie sometimes overlap in Ulster and Scotland. The sense is “from the flat hill” or “dweller at the hill-brow,” lending a crisp, landscape-rooted meaning.

⚙ Keady barely registers. Across 3 countries, we found just 3 recorded uses of it.