Keenan
Keenan is a masculine first name and family name.
Origin and Meaning
Keenan is an anglicized form of the Irish first name Cianán meaning " ancient, far away ". The Irish ancestral form of the name is Cian.
Bearers of the name
First name
- Keenan Cahill (* 1995), American Webvideomacher
- Daniel Keenan Savage (born 1964 ), American journalist and author
- Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911-1960), American astronomer
- Keenan Wynn (1916-1986), American actor
Family name
- Brian Keenan (IRA ) ( 1942-2008 ), Northern Irish member of the IRA
- Brian Keenan (musician ) ( 1943-1985 ), American musician
- Brian Keenan ( writer ) ( born 1950 ), Northern Irish engineer and writer
- Joe Keenan ( writer ) (born 1958 ), American writer
- Joe Keenan ( footballer ) ( b. 1982 ), English footballer
- John Keenan (born 1964 ), Scottish clergyman and appointed Bishop of Paisley
- Joseph Berry Keenan (1888-1954), American politician
- Maynard James Keenan (born 1964 ), American musician, singer of the band Tool
- Mike Keenan ( b. 1949 ), American ice hockey player
- Paddy Keenan ( born 1950 ), Irish folk musician
- Pepper Keenan (born 1967 ), American singer and guitarist
- Philip C. Keenan (1908-2000), American astronomer
- Sean Keenan (* 1993), Australian actor
- Sinead Keenan ( born 1977 ), Irish actress
- Trish Keenan (1969-2011), lead singer of British band Broadcast
Others
- Keenan - country, a phantom island in the Beaufort Sea