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KEZIA - a first name

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Sarah

Sarah Report 10 Apr 2006 18:25

i seem to remember someone on here had a strange name on a census - it was difficult to read but looked like it could have been Kezia.................................................................................I'm doing some transcribing for freebmd and have come across an Agnes Kezia ORTON in 1876..............................................................This is from a scanned, typed document, so Kezia does exist, though I'd never heard of it.

Sarah

Sarah Report 10 Apr 2006 18:26

I think it's a lovely name

Pippa

Pippa Report 10 Apr 2006 18:27

I have a Kezia in my tree seems quite popular back then.

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 10 Apr 2006 18:27

I think you'll find it's a Biblical name - just not one that's very popular now. Christine

Heather

Heather Report 10 Apr 2006 18:30

I have three Kezia's in Norfolk. Its a lovely name, isnt it.

Linda in the Midlands

Linda in the Midlands Report 10 Apr 2006 18:35

I have a Keziah born 1816 I think it's lovely too

Unknown

Unknown Report 10 Apr 2006 18:41

I have several Kezia and Keziahs in various lines of my tree, but the name seems to have gone out of fashion after about 1840. nell

Dizzy Lizzy 205090

Dizzy Lizzy 205090 Report 10 Apr 2006 18:42

From www.thinkbabynames. com: The girl's name Kezia is pronounced ke-ZYE-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is 'cassia tree.' Cassia is the generic name for a variety of trees and shrubs, one of which produces cinnamon. Biblical: one of the three fair daughters of Job. The name was adpoted by the Puritans and introduced to the U.S. in the 18th century. Kezia has 10 variant forms: Kazia, Kessie, Kessy, Ketzia, Ketziah, Keziah, Kezzie, Kissie, Kizzie and Kizzy. Liz

Roy

Roy Report 10 Apr 2006 18:44

My wife has 2 on her family tree but spelled Kesiah (one was married to a Zachariah). I also have a Kesiah on my family tree whose daughter was named Ada Kesiah.

Beverly

Beverly Report 10 Apr 2006 18:59

HI Sarah! Thanks for posting this thread as I have the name in my tree and I have often wondered why people don't use it anymore as I think it's lovely.

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 10 Apr 2006 19:02

I've got a Kezia married to a Hezekiah in my family tree - top that! Jacquie

Sarah

Sarah Report 10 Apr 2006 19:49

Didn't realise I'd see so many replies for this. Thanks everyone, I'll go to bed tonight I little wiser! :-)

Claire in Lincs

Claire in Lincs Report 10 Apr 2006 20:15

I have a Kezia Mann and a Kezia Ellen Hawkins,, both in Norfolk, I also have a Maria,,,but its pronounced as in Black Mariah,

Ann

Ann Report 10 Apr 2006 20:17

My friends daughter is called Kezia, so it hasnot entirely gone out of fashion!!!

Jean

Jean Report 10 Apr 2006 20:24

I have a keziah on my tree, she came from somewhere in ireland. jean

Sue

Sue Report 10 Apr 2006 20:53

I've been doing some hunting of a family for a friend, one of those is a Kezia, I'd never heard of it before! If anyone has a Kezia Sage in their tree, please get in touch! Suex

Ellen

Ellen Report 10 Apr 2006 22:45

Hi I have a Kezia in my tree too, a lovely name such a change to see something different. My name is Ellen and seems to be a popular name in the past I didn't realize this until doing family research.

Rosi

Rosi Report 11 Apr 2006 15:03

Made me smile reading this - do have a Keziah in my tree but rather distantly - However, a few years ago when my dort. who has an unusual name herself, was at a 6th form college interview, she found herself in the same group as 3 Saskias! Neither of us had heard of or seen that name before. It wasn't until she was at Uni that she found anyone else with her name - someone shouted it down a corridor and two of them turned around!. There was another there too - all called Phaedra - but spelling varied. Anyone know the origins of Saskia? Rosi

Dizzy Lizzy 205090

Dizzy Lizzy 205090 Report 11 Apr 2006 15:05

Hi Rosi :-D The girl's name Saskia is of Danish and Old German origin, and its meaning is 'the Saxon people.' From 'sachs.' Also possibly 'valley of light.' Name of the wife of the 17th century Dutch painter Rembrandt. Use of her name in the Netherlands can be traced to her; however, the derivation of Saskia from the name of the Saxon people is uncertain. The name could also possibly be of Slavic origin, and related to Sasha, a short form of Alexandra. Actress Saskia Reeves. from www.thinkbabynames. com Liz x