Meaning: Kizzey is a spelling of Kizzy, the pet form of Keziah, a Hebrew name meaning 'cassia,' a sweet cinnamon-like spice. In the Bible Keziah is one of Job's daughters. The name gained wide notice through the character Kizzy in the 1977 saga Roots.Low
In 30 seconds: Kizzey spells Kizzy, a short form of the biblical Keziah, meaning the spice cassia. Its little peak followed the 1977 saga Roots (said KIZ-ee).
MeaningKizzey is a spelling of Kizzy, the pet form of Keziah, a Hebrew name meaning 'cassia,' a sweet cinnamon-like spice. In the Bible Keziah is one of Job's daughters. The name gained wide notice through the character Kizzy in the 1977 saga Roots.
Kizzey is a spelling of Kizzy, itself a pet form of the biblical Keziah, a Hebrew name for the fragrant spice cassia and borne by one of Job's daughters. The name stepped into the spotlight through the 1977 saga Roots, whose enslaved heroine Kizzy sparked its short-lived American use.
It appeared for a year or two in the later nineteen-seventies, given to about twenty girls, then faded. A girl named Kizzey then is in her late forties today.
Did you know? Kizzey's brief rise in the later nineteen-seventies follows the television saga Roots, whose character Kizzy made the old short form Kizzy suddenly visible to a wide audience.
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References - Kizzey — Spelling of Kizzy, short for Keziah (Hebrew 'cassia'); Roots (1977) cultural tie
