Keziah Forename

29,328th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 28,105 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Keziah Forename Definition:

A female name. Hebrew ‘cassia’, the name of one of the dd. of Job (see also Jemima and Kerenhappuch). Used since the 17th C, especially in Evangelical circles; one of the Wesleys was named Keziah.

Keziah Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
100%
13,0361:13,6211,613
Kenya
100%
8,9051:5,200808
Ghana
100%
2,3601:11,4351,063
Philippines
 
98%
8791:120,6026,360
United States
 
94%
5601:647,38715,681
Uganda
 
99%
3461:118,3735,038
Jamaica-3431:8,4061,037
England
 
98%
3071:181,1175,529
Zambia-2611:60,7463,538
Brazil
100%
1651:1,298,40131,393
Malawi
100%
1481:115,6246,115
India
100%
1311:9,273,878286,296
South Africa
 
97%
911:599,26027,054
Curaçao
100%
601:2,597532
Zimbabwe
 
94%
551:280,43315,316
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
441:30,9413,244
Canada-401:828,33417,935
Indonesia-331:7,817,081269,446
Liberia
100%
271:163,4106,165
Namibia-271:89,0444,372
Botswana-261:84,0177,219
Malaysia
100%
231:1,323,91043,168
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 
93%
211:5,313910
New Zealand-181:252,0027,674
Tanzania
100%
161:3,299,27023,966
Thailand
 
67%
141:5,004,70192,981
Australia-141:975,54411,712
United Arab Emirates-131:550,15319,206
Gabon
100%
91:209,2602,118
Ivory Coast
100%
81:2,884,49256,420
Wales
100%
71:442,0445,971
Saint Lucia
100%
61:29,6362,683
Israel
100%
61:1,400,48616,782
Scotland
100%
61:891,7289,103
Guyana-61:127,2108,948
Bahamas-51:79,8741,458
Congo
100%
51:1,001,84116,039
Papua New Guinea
100%
41:2,038,078115,092
Sweden
 
75%
41:2,464,47734,955
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Togo-41:1,809,8105,654
Rwanda-41:2,842,8582,668
Solomon Islands-41:145,2396,287
Benin-41:2,643,96145,199
Norway
100%
31:1,710,77619,445
Niger
100%
31:6,394,66547,369
Belgium
100%
31:3,830,01425,398
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Ireland
100%
21:2,321,7608,894
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
France
73%
 
11:66,470,34085,030
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Mali
100%
11:16,977,7558,714
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221

Keziah (1,448) may also be a surname.

Keziah Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Hebrew ‘cassia’, the name of one of the dd. of Job (see also Jemima and Kerenhappuch). Used since the 17th C, especially in Evangelical circles; one of the Wesleys was named Keziah.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

F. In Hebrew, ‘cassia’, it rested fittingly on the person of one of the three beauteous daughters of Job: the others, by the way, were Kerenhappuch (the name is obsolete) and Jemima (q. v.). Now, despite its beauty, it is rare.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A female name derived from Kezia, daughter of Job, in Hebrew קְצִיעָה, Kt’siya, signifying cassia, a bark similar to cinnamon. The Rev. A. Jones adds, ‘ i. e. equally as precious’ (as cassia).

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Hebrew (feminine) - Cassia.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Hebrew name, meaning: The cassia tree.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Keziah Forename Popularity

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Kecsia674/
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Kheyza671/
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Ketzha671/
Keyzsa671/
Kheiza671/
Keceah671/
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