Genealogy Chat

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.

I think it's a lovely name

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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.

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

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