Keeton Family History
Keeton Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Kiveton in the parish of Wales (Yorkshire) close to the borders of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. The placename probably derives from Old English cȳf ‘vessel tub’ used topographically for a depression or hollow + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. variant of Caton . variant of Ketton a habitational name from either of two places called Ketton in Rutland or in Durham.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022