Girl · Hebrew
Keziah
Say it: keh-ZY-uh
Meaning
Hebrew Qetsi'ah, 'cassia', the cinnamon-like spice bark.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in 18th- and 19th-century England and America, often shortened to Kizzy.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 3,641 babies given this name since 1972
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 8,100 girls
- 207 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kezia, Kezzie, Kezziah
| German | Kezia |
|---|---|
| Hebrew | Ketzia |
| Hebrew | Qetsiah |
Famous bearers
- Keziah, daughter of Job
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Parish baptism registers
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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