Name: Keir
Gender: Male
Usage: Keir, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Keir are in general originating from Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Keir across the world, see Keiran.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Keir is: Little dark one, Dusky.
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Numerology of the first name Keir: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Keir is ranked on the 12,057th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 20000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Keir has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Keir for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Keir is a Gaelic name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Andrew Keir (1926–1997), Scottish actor
- Colin Keir (born 1959), Scottish politician
- David Keir (1884–1971), British actor
- David Lindsay Keir (1895–1973), British historian
- Jack Keir, Canadian politician
- James Keir (1735–1820), Scottish scientist
- John Keir (1856–1937), British Army officer
- Leitch Keir, Scottish footballer
- Nick Keir (born 1953), Scottish musician
Given name:
- Keir Clark (1910–2010), Canadian politician
- Keir Dillon (born 1977), American snowboarder
- Keir Dullea (born 1936), American actor
- Keir Gilchrist (born 1992), Canadian actor
- Keir Giles, (born 1968), British writer
- Keir Graff (born 1969), American writer
- Keir Hardie (1856–1915), Scottish socialist
- Keir Nuttall, Australian musician
- Keir O'Donnell (born 1978), Australian actor
- Keir Pearson (born 1966), American screenwriter
- Keir Simmons (born 1972), British journalist
- Keir Starmer (born 1962), British barrister and prosecutor
- Keir Thomas (born 1972), British journalist and author
Scottish: transferred use of the surname, in origin a variant of Kerr. In some cases, the name may be chosen in honour of the trade unionist and first Labour MP, James Keir Hardie (1856–1915), whose mother's maiden name was Keir.
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