Keighley

K5E1I1G2H4L1E1Y4
/ˈkiːθli/

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

proper nounKeighley (countable and uncountable, plural Keighleys)

plural Keighleys · alternative Keathley · alternative Keatley · alternative Keithley · alternative Keithly · alternative Kightley · alternative Kightly

  1. countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0641).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

    David Keighley, a long-tenured champion of the IMAX Experience and a beloved pioneer in film presentation, has passed away at the age of 77.

    2025 September 2, “David Keighley, Pioneer of Large-Format Cinema and Key Force Behind IMAX’s Global Rise, Dies at 77”, in IMAX
  3. countableuncountableA female given name.

    For Keighley, her mother’s death has had a lasting impact on her life choices. “It’s shaped me,” she says. “I’m going to university to study mental health nursing, so I can help people like my mum.”

    2018 March 6, Anna Badwen, quoting Keighley Daniels, “Daughter blames lack of beds for death of her mentally ill mother”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2018

Origin

  1. Middle EnglishChichelai
  2. EnglishKeighley

Recorded as Middle English Chichelai in the Domesday Book, the town is named with the Old English personal name *Cyhha + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Keighley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Keighley

MLA

“Keighley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Keighley. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Keighley,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Keighley.

Source: Keighley on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.