Keziah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Keziah is a biblical Hebrew name meaning 'cassia spice' or 'cinnamon bark'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kəˈziə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Keziah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- KEKenya≈1 in 6.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 23K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 66K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 246 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Keziah is a biblical Hebrew name meaning 'cassia spice' or 'cinnamon bark'. In the Old Testament, she was one of Job's three beautiful daughters, who were given an inheritance along with their brothers, symbolizing beauty, resilience, and divine favor.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Keziah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Keziah | 36 |
| KE Kenya | #806 | ≈8,800 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | listed | Keziah | 30 |
| US United States | — | 3,278 | 1 in 101K | 3.2K | Keziah | 246 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 162K | — | Keziah | 31 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 66K | listed | Keziah | 61 |
| GH Ghana | #410 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Keziah | 27 |
| GY Guyana | #924 | 68 | 1 in 11K | 68 | Keziah | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Keziah is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Keziah is derived from the Hebrew word for cassia, a fragrant spice similar to cinnamon. The name likely alludes to her charm and the preciousness of God's blessing after Job's restoration.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In Jewish and Christian traditions, Keziah and her sisters symbolize the beauty of divine restoration, grace, and hope after periods of trial. Their receiving an inheritance is a significant detail, often seen as representing a progressive view of women's value and rights, and underscoring the completeness of God's blessings upon the faithful.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Keziah Esther Emeryb. 1829Millionaire heiress
- Clara Keziah Leavittb. 1864USAmerican botanist and botanical collector (1864-1943)
- Keziah Jonesb. 1968NGNigerian musician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 50 sources across 30 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 645 | #34,967 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 632 | #33,993 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 592 | #40,000 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Keziah mean, and where does it come from?
- Keziah is a biblical Hebrew name meaning 'cassia spice' or 'cinnamon bark'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Keziah a male or female name?
- Keziah is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Keziah?
- A machine transcription gives /kəˈziə/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Keziah?
- In the etymology graph, Kezia and Ketzi'Ah are forms of the same name in other languages; Kizzy and Kizzie are recorded short or pet forms.
- In which country does Keziah have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.4 thousand people named Keziah in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled keziah.
- How common is the name Keziah?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,278 people named Keziah in 2020, about 1 in 101 thousand residents.
- How common is Keziah compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Keziah is the 410th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/keziahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Keziah” — the 410th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.