What is the name meaning of KEEN. Phrases containing KEEN
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KEEN
Boy/Male
Muslim
Keen
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant spelling of Keane.English : variant spelling of Keen.
Surname or Lastname
Southern Irish
Southern Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin ‘descendant of Cathán’, a personal name from a diminutive of cath ‘battle’. Compare Kane.Irish : occasionally an Anglicized form of Ó Céin ‘descendant of Cian’, a personal name meaning ‘distant’, ‘long’.English : variant spelling of Keen.Americanized spelling of German Kühn(e) (see Kuehn).
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Light, Keen intellect
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Light, Keen intellect
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English bÄr ‘boar’, hence probably a nickname for a keen hunter of wild boar or for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way.Variant spelling of Boer.
Boy/Male
Greek
Keen of hearing.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cumbria)
English (Cumbria) : nickname for a keen hunter of foxes, from Northern Middle English tod(de) ‘fox’ + Middle English hunter(e) (see Hunter).
Boy/Male
Muslim
Keen eyed
Girl/Female
Hindu
Light, Keen intellect
Boy/Male
Irish American English
Ancient.
Boy/Male
Irish
Surname.
Boy/Male
Irish Celtic English
Ancient.
Boy/Male
Greek
Keen of hearing.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Pratibha | பà¯à®°à®¤à®¿à®ªà®¾
Light, Keen intellect
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Kene, a short form of the Old English personal name Cēn or Cyne, based on Old English cēne ‘wise’, ‘brave’, ‘proud’.Americanized spelling of German Kühn (see Kuehn).Robert Keayne (d. 1655) was one of the founders of Boston MA, and is buried in the King’s Chapel Burying Ground there.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Keen.Americanized spelling of German Kühne (see Kuehn).
Girl/Female
Irish
Archaic.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cianán, KEENAN means "little ancient one."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English scharp ‘keen’, ‘active’, ‘quick’.Irish (County Donegal) : Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a byname from a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.Americanized form of any of several European names with similar meaning, for example German Scharf.
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KEEN
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Hindu
Girl/Female
Hindu
A gem stone
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Elfin Spear
Male
English
Pet form of English Moses, MOE means "drawn out."
Boy/Male
Belgium, Indian, Portuguese
Removes Darkness by Bringing Light; Turning Around
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, German, Norse, Swedish
Peaceful Ruler
Male
English
English name derived from Latin Rudolphus, RUDOLPH means "famous wolf."
Boy/Male
Celtic American Irish
Song.
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Strong
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord Shiva
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superl.
Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
a.
A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
a.
Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.
a.
Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
n.
The quality or state of being keen.
superl.
Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
superl.
Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
a.
Of quick or keen smell.
v. i.
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
n.
Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
n.
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
v. t.
To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
adv.
In a keen manner.
superl.
Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
v. t.
Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
n.
A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
superl.
Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
a.
Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
n.
The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
v. i.
To wail as a keener does.