Keller

Keller is a German surname meaning "cellar" or "basement," originally denoting someone who worked in or managed a wine cellar.

In American usage, Keller most often evokes Helen Keller, the deaf-blind author and activist whose education by Anne Sullivan became iconic: She learned to communicate like Helen Keller.

The name also appears as a place name in several U.S. towns.

HelenKeller

blind

Lacking the sense of sight

miracle · water · Sullivan · Anne · Alabama · speaker · author · activist · inspiration · Radcliffe

German

basement

Subterranean building level

vault · cool · dark · provisions · beer · cask · barrel · winery · tavern · innkeeper

notable

Ferdinand

Traditional male given name

mathematician · astronomer · physicist · theologian · Swiss · American · scholar · academic · researcher · pioneer

surname

family

Related people together

heritage · genealogy · origin · descendants · clan · household · relatives · patronymic · immigration · Ellis

Categories
Opposites
disability and ability

KellerMozart

Eighteenth-century Austrian composer

Einstein · da Vinci · prodigy · savant

communication and advocacy

KellerCicero

Ancient Rome's greatest speaker

Martin Luther King Jr. · Winston Churchill

social justice stance

KellerCalvin Coolidge

Henry Ford · Andrew Carnegie

Phrases
Family

cellar, cellars

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G