Keynes family


The Keynes family is an English family that has included several notable economists, writers, and actors, perhaps the most famous of which was the economist John Maynard Keynes.

Family tree of modern Keynes family

History

The English surname Keynes is derived from a Norman place name, either Cahagnes or Cahaignes, which are documented as places of origin of people of this name or possibly also from similar placenames not so documented.
The earliest documented person in England bearing the name was William de Cahaignes from Normandy who was born around 1035. Of another Norman William de Cahaignes, Katharine Keats-Rohan writes:- "Norman, from Cahaignes, Calvados, arr. Vire, cant. Aunay-sur-Odon. Major tenant of Robert, Count of Mortain in several Domesday counties. He was Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1086, and again in the early years of Henry I. His widow Adelicia made a grant for his soul to Lewes priory, with the assent of their son Hugh. His lands were divided between his three sons, of whom Hugh held the forest of Northamptonshire in 1129/30."

Surname derivatives

Surname variants include "Koine", "De Keynes", "Keynes", "de Cayenes", "Caynes", "Caines", "Cheyney", "Cheney", "Chaney", "Chaineis", "Cahaignes", "Casneto", "Caisned", "Casineto".

Places in England bearing the name Keynes

The following places were named after the de Cahaignes or Keynes family who held many manors in the years following the Norman Conquest:
See Keynes.