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As an Irish surname Keon is a shortened form of MacKeon, which originally meant "son of Ewan." (See MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland.) I would assume that if you are named after a hockey player, that is the most likely derivation of his given name. There also is a possible Farsi (Persian or Iranian) derivation, and I think the name has also been independently invented in the African-American community as a rhyming form of Deon, but neither of those seems likely for a hockey player. Do you know anything else about this hockey player, such as his surname or nationality, that would help someone to track down the most likely derivation?

This message was edited 9/20/2005, 9:02 AM

I found that the name Keon is Irish and is a Form of Ewan. From John.
the site its off is :
http://www.weddingvendors.com/baby-names/meaning/keon

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There is also another site saying the same, but also says "Also possibly a modern name related to Kiana, or Deon. Kian is a Gaelic name meaning "ancient."
That site is:
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/name/1/Keon

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Another site also says it is Irish form of Ewan. It also give you a Numerology or your name, that site is:
http://www.mybirthcare.com/favorites/M/Irish/meaning.asp?name=Keon

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Pretty much its all saying it is Irish form of Ewan.
I hope this helps.

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Kylie

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Do you know the nationality of the hockey player?
Keon might be a varient form or a varient spelling of a more common name
Maybe Keoni though I cant say for certain it is

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