Keating (surname)

Keating (Irish spelling: Céitinn) is an old Irish family name which originated with the Cambro Norman invaders in the 12th century, mostly settling in Wexford in the province of Leinster, where the most prominent family was based at Baldwinstown castle.

Surname variations

Common variations on the Keating surname include Caton, Kaitting, Kating, Keatinge, Keaton, Keting, Keatting, McKeating, and O'Keating. A Spanish variation, Cienfuegos,[1][2] also exists.

Notable people

Fictional entities

Multiple characters in How to Get Away With Murder:

Keating genealogy

DNA projects and one name studies

Published Keating genealogies

  • Keating, John Percy, 1855-1920 (1918). John Keating and His Forebears. Internet Archive.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Keating of Wexford.
  • Lodge, John, 1692-1774 & Archdall, Mervyn, 1723-1791 (1789). "John (b. circa 1150, 6th son of Odo of Carmarthenshire, Wales) from whom those of the name Keating in this Kingdom derive". The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom. II. p. 183.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

References

  1. Keating, John Percy (1918). John Keating and his Forbears. Records of the American Catholic Historical Society. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. Roche, James (1850). Critical and miscellaneous essays, by an octogenarian. Oxford University: Privately Printed. p. 183. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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