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Keziah

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Mummymooretobe · 30/05/2017 18:22

What does everyone think to this name for a girl: Keziah Rayne
(Keziah pronounced: Kez-EYE-ah)
Or any other ideas for a middle name? I dont think it should be very long, like one syllable.
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disastrousflapjack · 31/05/2017 23:31

Sorry, forgot to add I'm not keen on Rayne. But I do think it works well with other short one syllable names such as Grace, Joy, Hope.

disastrousflapjack · 31/05/2017 23:28

Love it. And being Jewish, I'd pronounce it Kez -eye- ah though I think it sounds just as nice pronounced Kez- ee- ah.

howthelightgetsin · 31/05/2017 10:43

Oh and I like the sound of Keziah Grace

Sophronia · 30/05/2017 22:37

Keziah Ruth
Keziah Alice
Keziah Abigail
Keziah Amy
Keziah Beth
Keziah Chloe
Keziah Eve
Keziah Esther
Keziah Frances
Keziah Faith
Keziah Hope
Keziah Isobel
Keziah Juliet
Keziah Jennifer
Keziah Joy
Keziah Jasmine
Keziah Jane
Keziah Lily
Keziah Lucy
Keziah Margaret
Keziah Mary
Keziah Naomi
Keziah Pearl
Keziah Rowan
Keziah Ruby
Keziah Rachel
Keziah Rosemary
Keziah Sophie
Keziah Sadie
Keziah Susan
Keziah Tamsin
Keziah Vivian
Keziah Victoria
Keziah Zoe

expatinscotland · 30/05/2017 22:34

It's a beautiful name, second daughter of Job.

Sophronia · 30/05/2017 22:30

Love it! It's a name I've found in my family tree back in the 1700s, spelled Kezia.

TyrionLannistersShadow · 30/05/2017 22:13

I love love love Keziah, Kez EYE ah pronunciation. I really wanted it for dd but my dh vetoed it so I called the cat Kizzy instead .

Epipgab · 30/05/2017 22:02

I like it.

TheLegendOfBeans · 30/05/2017 21:33

No way! 😂

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MitzyLeFrouf · 30/05/2017 21:32

Beans did you see that thing on Sky News yesterday where the presenter had a bit of a Freudian slip and introduced her as the leader of Scottish labia?

😱

😂

TheLegendOfBeans · 30/05/2017 21:18

I know a Kezia.
Incidentally she's the leader of Scottish Labour now but since we were at Uni together I've always coveted her name.

Pron: Kez-EE-yah

MitzyLeFrouf · 30/05/2017 21:13

I'm sure it's supposed to be kez-EYE-ah but the only person I know with this name is Keziah Dugdale and she's a kezzy-ah.

All that aside, it sounds like the name a devout Mormon would give their daughter. Too much for me.

Veterinari · 30/05/2017 21:04

Thanks 29 that makes sense

SuperBeagle · 30/05/2017 20:59

I like Keziah, and it's pronounced Kez-EYE-ah, at least within the Jewish community.

Not a fan of Rayne though.

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Mummymooretobe · 30/05/2017 20:54

29Palms yes I am pronouncing it the way it is in the Bible. So as you said. Kez-AYE-ah :)

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29Palms · 30/05/2017 20:45

And being a Biblical name, it seems natural to follow the pronunciation of other -iah names, like Josiah, Hezekiah, Zephaniah etc.

29Palms · 30/05/2017 20:41

As it's an ancient name that has been rare for a long time, I read it similar to the old-fashioned pronunciations of Maria and Sophia, so

Ke-ZYE-ah
Ma-RYE-ah
So-FYE-ah

YesMilk · 30/05/2017 20:26

I know a Keziah (kez-ee-a) and Kezia pronounced (kez-eye-a)

I like the 'ee' pronounciation, with nickname 'Kezee'.

But I think it's one of those names which people will always say incorrectly.

PlymouthMaid1 · 30/05/2017 20:15

Lovely name

Veterinari · 30/05/2017 20:00

Kez-ee-ah (pronounced more like Kezzi-ah) here too. Never heard the kez-eye-ah pronounciation

CowParsleyNettle · 30/05/2017 19:58

I loved The Diddakoi, one of my favourite childhood books so it conjures up memories of home knitted cardigans and camp fires.

Kizzy for short of course.

howthelightgetsin · 30/05/2017 19:54

I like it, but not Rayne.

Short middles -

Belle
Lucy
Anne
Mary

Jooni · 30/05/2017 19:41

I like Keziah (I say "KEZ-ee-ah" though) but really don't like Rayne, especially with that strange spelling - sorry!

How about Ray/Rae, Wren or Raven instead?

MikeUniformMike · 30/05/2017 19:28

Kez-ya ?

Wolfiefan · 30/05/2017 19:26

Not how they really should be pronounce. (Irish and Welsh?!) But how English will pronounce them.

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