Keaton
KEE-tun
English
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Place of hawks; Shed town
- Origin
- English
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Keaton does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Place of hawks; Shed town", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Keaton.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 2000s (0.033% of births), currently rising
- Spiritual meaning
- Keaton mounts up on eagle wings — strength renewed, not weary, borne by God who spreads His wings beneath.
- Verses on this meaning
- Isaiah 40:31
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary."
- Deuteronomy 32:11
"As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings."
- Isaiah 40:31