McKee is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

or Irish origin. The surname is derived from the Gaelic ''Mac Aodha'' ("son of ''Aodh''") a

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form of an old

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

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which means "fire". Similar surnames which also are derived from the same Gaelic patronymic are McCoy, McGee, Kee and

McKay McKay, MacKay or Mackay is a Scottish and Irish surname. The last phoneme in the name is traditionally pronounced to rhyme with 'eye', but in some parts of the world this has come to rhyme with 'hey'. In Scotland, it corresponds to Clan Mackay. ...

.http://www.ancestry.com/facts/McKee-family-history.ashx Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander McKee British Indian Department#Rank structure, Deputy Superintendent-General Alexander McKee ( – 15 January 1799) was a British Indian Department officer and merchant who served the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. He achie ...

(c. 1735 – 1799), British Indian Department agent (in North America) and colonel * Alexander McKee (author) (1918–1992), British journalist, military historian and diver * Andrew McKee (disambiguation) * Ann McKee, neurologist and neuropathologist *

Arthur McKee Arthur McKee (14 August 1863 – 9 March 1943) was a New Zealand newspaper proprietor, photo-engraver and printer, land agent, businessman, orchardist. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 14 August 1863. He was one of the directors ...

, New Zealand newspaper proprietor, photo-engraver and printer *

Ben McKee Benjamin Arthur McKee (born April 7, 1985) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is the bassist for the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Early life McKee was raised in Forestville, California, and graduated from El Molino ...

(born 1985), American bassist for the band, Imagine Dragons * Billy McKee (born 1921), Irish republican, a founding member and former leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army *

Bonnie McKee Bonnie Leigh McKee (born January 20, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter. Her debut album '' Trouble'' was released in 2004 by Reprise Records. After being dropped, she took a musical hiatus and established herself as a songwriter. She ...

(born 1984), American singer and songwriter *

Charles McKee Charles McKee (born March 14, 1962) is an American sailing (sport), sailor and Olympic medalist. He won the ICSA Match Racing National Championship in 1985 with the University of Washington. He competed in the 470 (dinghy), 470 class at the 1 ...

(born 1962), American sailor and Olympic bronze medalist *

Christopher McKee Christopher Fulton McKee (born 1942) is an astrophysicist. McKee attended Phillips Academy and Harvard University, and obtained a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in 1970 under advisor George B. Field. In 1974, he was a ...

(born 1942), astrophysicist *

Daniel McKee Daniel J. McKee (born June 16, 1951) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor from 2015 to 2 ...

(born 1951), Governor of Rhode Island *

Darrell McKee Darrell McKee (born c. 1963) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He is a Canadian Senior Champion, two-time provincial champion in men's, one-time Saskatchewan mixed champion, and five-time Saskatchewan senior champion. Curling ...

(born c. 1963), Canadian curler *

Dave McKee David Hugh McKee (born 1 May 1919 in Wondai, Queensland, Australia - died 4 May 2005 in Adelaide, South Australia) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Port Pirie (1959–1970) and Pirie ...

(died 2005), Australian politician *

David McKee David John McKee (2 January 1935 – 6 April 2022), was a British writer and illustrator, chiefly of children's books and animations. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was UK nominee for the biennial international Hans Chris ...

(1935–2022), British writer and illustrator * Dick McKee (1893–1920), member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) * Elsie McKee, theology professor *

Eva McKee Eva McKee (28 July 1890 – 1955) was an Irish craftswoman and designer, known for her involvement with the Irish Decorative Art Association. She was known for producing objects decorated with Celtic designs in a variety of media including le ...

(1890–1955), Irish craftswoman and designer * Frances McKee (born 1966), Scottish singer and songwriter *

Frank McKee Francis Joseph McKee (25 January 1923 – 24 July 1988) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half-back. He played in the Scottish League for Dundee United in the 1947–48 season, and in the English Football League for Birm ...

(1923–1988), Scottish professional footballer *

Gina McKee Georgina McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for '' Our Friends in the North'' (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for '' The Lost Prince'' (2003) and '' The Street'' (2007) ...

(born 1964), English actress * Grant McKee (Sept. 14, 1940 – Jan. 10, 2018), Canadian Football League player, Grey Cup recipient Hamilton Tiger Cats 1963 *

Hugh McKee Hugh Wilson McKee (April 23, 1844 – June 11, 1871) was an American United States Navy, naval officer in the 1870s who participated in the United States expedition to Korea in 1871. Early life and military service McKee was born in Lexington, K ...

(1844–1871), American naval officer *

Ivan McKee Ivan Paul McKee (born September 1963) is a Scottish politician who has served as Minister for Public Finance since May 2024. He previously served as Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Sco ...

(born 1963), Scottish politician *

Jaimes McKee Jaimes Anthony McKee (; born 14 April 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong U-23. He was the top scorer of the Hong Kong Senior Shield in the 2006– ...

, (born 1987) English-born Hong Kong footballer *

James McKee (footballer) James McKee (alternately McKie, 18 March 1871 – 12 May 1949) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-forward for Scotland and for various clubs in Scotland and England in the 1890s and 1900s. Football career McKee started his footb ...

, Scottish footballer *

Jay McKee Jay McKee (born September 8, 1977) is a Canadian coach and former professional ice hockey defenceman. He last played for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL), and was previously with the Buffalo Sabres and the St. Louis B ...

(born 1977), Canadian coach and former professional ice hockey player *

Jerry McKee Gerald McKee (born August 4, 1946) is an American former basketball player. After an all-conference college career at Ohio University, he played briefly in the original American Basketball Association (ABA). McKee, a 6'3 Guard (basketball), guar ...

(born 1946), American basketball player *

J. Killeen McKee John Killeen McKee (February 7, 1907 – September 7, 1978) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as member of the Liberal party from 1940 to 1952. His son, Michael McKee also served in the New Brunswi ...

(1907-78), Canadian politician * John McKee (disambiguation) *

Kayleigh McKee Kayleigh Grace Clementine McKee (born January 14, 1994) is an American voice actress, known for providing voices in English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Some of her noteworthy roles include Matthias Hildesheimer in '' The Strongest S ...

(born 1994), American voice actress * Kenneth McKee (1906–1991), English orthopaedist, pioneer of hip replacement surgery * Kevin McKee (disambiguation) * Kinnaird R. McKee (1929–2013), United States Navy four-star admiral *

Lonette McKee Lonette Rita McKee (born July 22, 1954) is an American actress and singer. She made her big screen debut starring as Sister Williams in the original 1976 musical-drama film '' Sparkle''. McKee later appeared in films '' Which Way Is Up?'' (1977) ...

(born 1954), American actress, composer, producer, screenwriter and director *

Lyra McKee Lyra Catherine McKee ( 31 March 1990 – 18 April 2019) was a journalist from Northern Ireland who wrote for several publications about the consequences of the Troubles. She also served as an editor for Mediagazer, a news aggregator website. On ...

(1990–2019), Northern Irish journalist and author *

Maria McKee Maria Luisa McKee (born August 17, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice, her 1990 song " Show Me Heaven", and her song "If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)" from soundtrack of the film ...

(born 1964), American singer-songwriter *

Mary Harrison McKee Mary Scott McKee (nee Harrison; April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930) was the acting first lady of the United States for her father Benjamin Harrison. She lived in the White House for the duration of her father's presidency where she worked as an ...

(1858–1930), only daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and his first wife *

Michael McKee (politician) Michael George McKee (born March 22, 1940) is a lawyer, judge, former Catholic priest, and former political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Moncton North in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1974 to 1993 as a Liberal ...

(born 1940), Canadian politician and son of J. Killeen McKee * Nicole McKee (born 1971/1972), New Zealand politician * Paul McKee (disambiguation) *

Redick McKee Redick McKee (7 December 1800 – 13 September 1886) was an American government official. Biography Redick McKee was born in the town of McKeesport which was founded by his father. When McKee was five his father died. In the autumn of 1807 ...

(1800–1886, American government official *

Rob McKee Robert McKee (born November 20, 1985) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick () is the deliberative assembly of the New Brunswick Legislature, in th ...

(born 1985), Canadian politician and son of Michael McKee * Robert McKee (born 1941), American author * Robert A. McKee (born 1949), American politician, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates *

Roger McKee Roger Hornsby McKee (September 16, 1926 – September 1, 2014) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1943-44 for the Philadelphia Phillies while still a teenager. Early life Roger McKee was born in Shelby, North Carolina in Septemb ...

(1926–2014), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Roxanne McKee Roxanne McKee (born 10 August 1980) is a Canadian-born British actress. She is best known for playing Louise Summers in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (2005–2008), Lou Foster in the BBC Three drama series '' Lip Service'' (2010), Dorea ...

, English 21st century actress and model * Samuel McKee (disambiguation) * Sarah Galt Elwood McKee (1842–1934), Canadian social reformer and temperance leader * Seth J. McKee (1916–2016), United States Air Force general *

Suzy McKee Charnas Suzy McKee Charnas (October 22, 1939 – January 2, 2023) was an American novelist and short story writer, writing primarily in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. She won several awards for her fiction, including the Hugo Award, the Ne ...

(born 1939), American novelist and short story writer * Tanner McKee (born 2000), American football player *

Theodore McKee Theodore Alexander McKee (born June 5, 1947, in Rochester, New York) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He previously served on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the Firs ...

(born 1947), chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit *

Thom McKee Thom McKee (born 1955) is a retired officer in the United States Navy and 1977 graduate from the United States Naval Academy. He is best known for being a contestant on the game show ''Tic Tac Dough'', becoming the show's longest reigning champion ...

(born 1955), United States Navy officer * Tim McKee (born 1953), American former swimmer, three-time Olympic silver medalist *

Tom McKee Thomas M. McKee (born March 13, 1941) is an American politician and farmer who served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 78th district from 1997 to 2017. He was defeated for reelection in 2016 Kentucky House of Represent ...

(born 1941), American politician

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