Kezia

Hebrew

"cassia tree"

Kezia Origin and Meaning

The name Kezia is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "cassia tree".

This lively Old Testament nature name (belonging to one of the three beautiful daughters of Job) may be missing from the current US Top 1000 list, but it ranks highly here on Nameberry — making it one to watch!

Also spelled KeziaH, the name has multiple legitimate pronunciations — from "KEE-szhah" to "KEZ-ee-ah" to "keh-ZYE-ah" — and comes complete with the sweet and sparky nickname Kizzy. A related name is the lovely cinnamon-scented Cassia, which beginning to be discovered by lovers of the fashionable Cas- clan.

Kezia Popularity

• 1744 Nameberry 2024

20 Names Similar to Kezia

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Kezia.

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Famous People Named Kezia

• Kezia of Buganda Queen of Toro, Uganda
• Kezia Obama former wife of Barack Obama, Sr.
• Kezia Burrows Welsh actress
• Harriot Kezia Hunt pioneering American physician
• Kezia Dugdale Scottish politician

Kezia in Pop Culture

• Kezia Walker character on British TV's "The Bill"
• "Kezia " album by Protest the Hero
• Kezia Burnell character in "Prelude" by Katherine Mansfield
• Kezia 'Kizzy' Cunningham Twiss, protagonist in 'The Diddakoi' by Rumer Godden
• Kezia a character on 'Little House on the Prairie'
• Kezia Saint Martin Main Character in Danielle Steel's "Passion Promise"