Kezia

Where Kezia comes from

From Hebrew קְצִיעָה (“cassia tree”). Compare cassia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kezia
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #6,567 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #1,952
    53 babies named Kezia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,436.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.