Kee Family History
Kee Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of McKee . Dutch: from a pet form of the personal name Cornelis (see Cornelius ). Native American (Navajo): from an American English shortened and altered form of a Navajo personal name based on ashkii ‘boy’ such as Kii Yázhí ‘Little Boy’. Korean: variant of Ki Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 紀 (see Ji ) 齊 and 祁 (see Qi 1-2) and 郭 (see Guo ). Chinese: possibly from Cantonese form of some Chinese names 奇 (meaning ‘special’) 琦 (meaning ‘outstanding’) or 基 (meaning ‘base’) which were monosyllabic personal names or part of disyllabic personal names of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022