KEANE

"KEANE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be ancient".

Date "KEANE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

Modern Usage: KEANE

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Keane of Kalgoorlie (1911)

Inside the Mind of Roy Keane (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: KEANE

Domain	Title
References	Keane Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	An Irish Christmas Feast: The Best of John B. Keane (reference) Market Guide / ProVestor Plus Company Report for Keane, Inc. - KEA [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: KEANE

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Vera Keane and others]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		[Lillian Runnerstrom, Vera Keane and Sister Mary Stella (?)]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Major Keane, on the staff at Balaklava. Credit: Library of Congress.		Doris Keane. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Miss Doris Keane and Mr. Leon Errol. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: KEANE

"KEANE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.08% of the time. "KEANE" is used about 156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	98.08%	153	25,427
Adjective (general or positive)	1.92%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	156	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: KEANE

The following table summarizes the usage of "KEANE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Keane	Last name	3,000	4,090
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: KEANE

"KEANE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be ancient".

The following table summarizes names related to "KEANE."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Cian	Male	Irish	N/A
Kean	Male	Irish	Cian
Keane	Male	Irish	Kean
Cian	Male	Irish Mythology	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: KEANE

Country	Name
USA	Keane Incorporated
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: KEANE

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "KEANE": keane-ish.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: KEANE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
keane	137	bill keane	5
roy keane	82	bil circus family keane	5
robbie keane	40	mike keane	5
keane inc	38	federal keane system	4
margaret keane	13	keane kelly	4
glen keane	12	keane university	4
katie keane	11	keane picture roy	4
william keane	10	brian keane	4
consulting keane	10	india keane	3
keane brother	10	keane monroe	3
john keane	9	keane painting	3
keane tracer	7	kerrie keane	3
sean keane	7	keane rugless	3
college keane	7	keane mahony smith	3
bil keane	6	earl keane robert	3
b john keane	6	keane michael	3
keane walter	6	cartoonist keane	3
dolores keane	6	general john keane	2
general keane	5	keane robert	2
beane keane	5	tom keane	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: KEANE

Derivations
	Words ending with "KEANE": skeane. (additional references)
	Words containing "KEANE": skeanes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: KEANE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: akene.
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-k-n"
	-1 letter: akee, kane, keen, knee.
	-2 letters: ane, eke, kae, kea, ken, nae, nee.
	-3 letters: ae, an, en, ka, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-k-n"
	+1 letter: akenes, alkene, skeane, weaken.
	+2 letters: alkenes, betaken, hearken, kamseen, kantele, kneaded, kneader, kneecap, kneepad, kneepan, kokanee, nakeder, nankeen, retaken, rewaken, skeanes, sneaked, sneaker, wakened, wakener, weakens.
	+3 letters: ankerite, awakened, awakener, beanlike, bedarken, brakemen, cankered, dakerhen, darkened, darkener, embanked, hankered, hankerer, harkened, harkener, hearkens, kamseens, kanteles, khamseen, kidnapee, knapweed, kneaders, kneecaps, kneepads, kneepans, kokanees, nakedest, namesake, nankeens, necklace, neckwear, newspeak, peacenik, reawaken, reawoken, rewakens, sneakers, sneakier, wakeners, weakened, weakener, weakness.
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