Keough

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proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Mac Eochaidh →
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Meanings

proper nounKeough (plural Keoughs)

plural Keoughs · alternative Kehoe · alternative Keogh · alternative Kough

  1. A surname from Irish.

    Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.

    2024 June 16, Wendy Ide, “Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. IrishMac Eochaidh
  2. EnglishKeough

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochaidh.

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Cite this entry
APA

Keough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Keough

MLA

“Keough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Keough. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Keough,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Keough.

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