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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts けいと(Japanese Hiragana) ケイト(Japanese Katakana) 佳音, 花依都, 花兎, 華衣都, 馨都, 馨灯, 京愛, 京十, 京綸, 啓人, 啓杜, 圭十, 圭人, 圭登, 圭都, 圭絲, 恵伊都, 恵音, 恵糸, 恵人, 恵斗, 恵杜, 恵都, 慶音, 慶人, 慶斗, 慶冬, 慶友, 慧士, 慧人, 慧斗, 敬人, 景斗, 景綸, 桂音, 桂叶, 桂斗, 桂杜, 桂朋, 渓音, 渓都, 渓灯, 蛍十, 蛍人, 蛍斗, 蛍都, 計人, 奎人, 奎斗, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. KE:-TO  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 佳 (kei) meaning "excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled", 花 (ke) or 華 (ke) both meaning "flower", 馨 (kei) meaning "fragrant, balmy, favourable", 京 (kei) meaning "capital", 啓 (kei) meaning "disclose, open, say", 圭 (kei) meaning "square jewel, corner, angle, edge", 恵 (kei, ke) meaning "favor, blessing, grace, kindness", 慶 (kei) meaning "jubilation, congratulate, rejoice, be happy", 慧 (kei) meaning "wise", 敬 (kei) meaning "awe, respect, honor, revere", 景 (kei) meaning "scenery, view", 桂 (kei) meaning "Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree", 渓 (kei) meaning "mountain stream, valley", 蛍 (kei) meaning "firefly", 計 (kei) meaning "plot, plan, scheme, measure" or 奎 (kei) meaning "star, god of literature", 依 (i) meaning "reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to", 衣 (i) meaning "garment, clothes, dressing" or 伊 (i) meaning "Italy, that one" combined with 音 (to) meaning "sound", 都 (to) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything", 兎 (ito) meaning "rabbit, hare", 灯 (to) meaning "lamp, a light, light", 愛 (to) meaning "love, affection", 十 (to) meaning "ten", 綸 (to) meaning "thread, silk cloth", 人 (to) meaning "person", 杜 (to) meaning "woods, grove", 登 (to) meaning "ascend, climb up", 絲 (to) meaning "thread", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 冬 (to) meaning "winter", 友 (to) meaning "friend", 士 (to) meaning "gentleman, scholar, samurai", 叶 (to) meaning "grant, answer" or 朋 (to) meaning "companion, friend". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous male bearers are Keito Okamoto, a Japanese singer and Keito Koume, a Japanese manga artist and manga author.

For females, the usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Cate or Kate.
Added 2/25/2017 by cutenose
Edited 6/25/2017 by cutenose