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What are your thoughts on this girl's name.....

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BellaBunting · 08/07/2008 19:41

Keziah, Kizzy for short

All views welcome! Thanks

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seeker · 09/07/2008 06:14

Whatever you do, don't go for Kizzy. Who wants to be a 40 year old kick-ass business woman called Kizzy. Or a 85 year old trying to be taken seriously and not patronized in a geriatric ward called Kizzy.

You're not just naming a baby you know, you're naming a woman.

egypt · 09/07/2008 01:23

sounds very different with 2 different pronunciations

ke zee a (with emphasis on ke)
ke zi ah (much more biblical sounding)

tbh, anything with k and z in together has a chavvy ring to it nowadays, regardless of origin, BUT depends on your social circle as to how it is taken. only you will know about that.

MadBadandDangeroustoKnow · 09/07/2008 01:22

The only Keziah I know is beautiful and talented. Her mother got the name from a Katherine Mansfield story.

thumbwitch · 09/07/2008 01:16

Rumer Godden's name for the Diddakoi

Sassamac · 09/07/2008 01:15

I like it. I have heard it before, didn't realise it was biblical but certainly doesnt sound chavvy to me.

hatrick · 08/07/2008 23:44

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minouminou · 08/07/2008 23:29

Sorry, but I also think it sounds made-up (even though it's not) and chavvy

treacletart · 08/07/2008 23:12

TBH I think it sounds very pretty and it was a very great favourite drama series when I was a child, but sadly I think its probably a bit downmarket nowadays - really sorry.

struwellpeter · 08/07/2008 22:57

I know a Kizzy aged about 2, don't think she was named Kezia.
Loved the programme about the gypsy girl and always remember the kind teacher telling the kind old man? that Kizzy needed three of things, one on, on off and one in the wash. Didn't the two kind grown ups shack up together in the end with Kizzy?

Flibbertyjibbet · 08/07/2008 22:57

I'm typing this with my 20 year old cat called Kizzy on my knee.

So the names a no no for me I'm afraid.

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BellaBunting · 08/07/2008 22:41

Yes, all the more reason to choose Kizzy instead!

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TheSmallClanger · 08/07/2008 22:35

Keziah is not a bad name in itself, but it looks like it has too many pronunciations for my liking. Little Keziah will spend half her life correctling people.
Kizzy is just about okay as a nickname but looks and sounds silly as an actual name.

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BellaBunting · 08/07/2008 21:30

I'm actually surprised that so many of you know girls/women who are called Keziah - I have not met a single person with this name and I've lived in the north and the south of UK.

Thanks for all replies so far.

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Alishanty · 08/07/2008 21:27

I know a Keziah who is called Kezzy for short.

sweetkitty · 08/07/2008 21:26

One of the women in my antenatal thread has just had a little girl and called her Keziah, wasn't sure at first but it has really grown on me, like it now and Kizzy for short.

Go for it!

Takver · 08/07/2008 21:24

I think both Keziah & Kizzy are lovely, does that mean I'm horribly common?

Aero · 08/07/2008 21:18

I like it - recently read the book. I got it for dd, but think she's still a bit young, so decided to read it myself. I loved the series in the '70s.

Hulababy · 08/07/2008 21:05

Not keen, sorry.

bikerunski · 08/07/2008 21:04

Like it, like Kizzy, even though I remember the book/TV programme about the gipsy girl. My grandfather's cat was Kizzy and she was beautiful, so i guess that's my "Kizzy" associations balanced out.

unknownrebelbang · 08/07/2008 20:57

I know two Kezias.

Neither are in the least bit chavvy, and one mum is heavily involved in the church.

CrushWithEyeliner · 08/07/2008 20:45

It sounds like she may have a runny nose, I really don't know why I visualise that, I think I may have known a Keziah who was really snotty

jivegirl · 08/07/2008 20:39

I'm torn - chavvy or classy.. it could go either way..

What about Karenza/Kerenza - it's cornish. I thought it was unusual but not too out there..

frankiesbestfriend · 08/07/2008 20:37

Sorry, but I agree about the chavvy thing.

Can't put finger on why though, as I know it's biblical.

devonsmummy · 08/07/2008 20:33

25 years ago (!) when I was at school there was a Kizzy a few years younger than me.
I thought it was a lovely name then and still do now - can't get it past DH though.

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BellaBunting · 08/07/2008 20:19

Thanks for all your replies and the background to the name too! Also the pronunciations!

I actually prefer the diminutive form, Kizzy (and also recall the children's programme too) but not sure whether dh will agree..!

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