Kizzy

Where Kizzy comes from

From a pet form of Kezia. Explained as a Mandinka name by Alex Haley in Roots (1976).
— Wiktionary's entry for Kizzy
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Kizzy through the years
  1. 1977
    Around this time: Roots
    TV, 1977 · Source
  2. 1977
    Debut at its peak, #223
    #223 among girls with 1,117 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #439.
  4. 1979
    Kizzy born
    Dutch actress, singer and television host
  5. 1996
    Kizzy Crawford born
    Bajan-Welsh singer and songwriter
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Kizzy · Dutch actress, singer and television host, born 1979
  • Kizzy Crawford · Bajan-Welsh singer and songwriter, born 1996

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.