Pet form of names that start with ke, such as Kelly or Keisha. Variant of Kiki. A famous bearer is Keke Palmer, who was Akeelah in the movie Akeelah and the Bee.
For men, this name is a Finnish short or dialectal form of Keijo. A notable bearer is Keijo "Keke" Rosberg (b. 1948), a retired Formula 1 racing car driver who won the Formula 1 Championship in 1982.For women, Keke is a rare Finnish form of Gertrud.
Short form of Kekela as well as a diminutive of Ekaterine (feminine) and Erekle (masculine).A known bearer of this name was Ekaterine "Keke" Geladze (c. 1857-1937), the mother of the Georgian-born Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (1878-1953).