O'Keefe/O'Keeffe is an
Irish surname, from the (
Irish:O'Caoimh/Caomh), meaning 'tender, beautiful, gentle, kind, handsome'. It has links to Irish Royalty, with the family descended from Art Caemh who was the son of
Finguine.
O'Keefe/O'Keeffe is related to a number of Irish surnames, the first being "O'Caomhain" meaning "son of Kevin", more commonly anglicized as
Kavanagh,
Keaveney, and McKinnon, derived from Mac Fhionghuin(fionn) 'fair-born'. The other connection are
Kennan and
Gannon, both deriving from Mag Fhionnain(fionn) 'white'.
This page lists people with the
surnameO'Keefe. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
O'Keefe/O'Keeffe is an
Irish surname, from the (
Irish:O'Caoimh/Caomh), meaning 'tender, beautiful, gentle, kind, handsome'. It has links to Irish Royalty, with the family descended from Art Caemh who was the son of
Finguine.
O'Keefe/O'Keeffe is related to a number of Irish surnames, the first being "O'Caomhain" meaning "son of Kevin", more commonly anglicized as
Kavanagh,
Keaveney, and McKinnon, derived from Mac Fhionghuin(fionn) 'fair-born'. The other connection are
Kennan and
Gannon, both deriving from Mag Fhionnain(fionn) 'white'.
This page lists people with the
surnameO'Keefe. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.