Family name origins & meanings
- Variant spelling of Irish Keevan, which is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciabháin ‘descendant of Ciabhán’, a personal name or byname based on ciabhach ‘having long locks of hair’, or Ó Caomháin ‘descendant of Caomhán’, a diminutive of caomh ‘pleasant’; this is the name of an important Mayo family.