Kizzy

Variation of Keziah

"cassia tree"

Kizzy Origin and Meaning

The name Kizzy is a girl's name meaning "cassia tree".

Kizzy was a character in Alex Haley's Roots; this and other Keziah variations were widely used for slaves. In Roots the name is explained by the hero Kunta as 'you sit down' or 'you stay put' in the Mandinka language meaning that 'this child would never get sold away'.

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Kizzy in Pop Culture

Kizzy Waller Leacharacter in book/TV miniseries "Roots"
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Kizzycharacter on TV's "Snobs"
Kizzycharacter in "Turn Left at Gilgamesh" by Rory Winston
Kizzyorphaned Romani or traveller girl who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close,knit village community in Rumer Godden's children's novel "The Diddakoi" (1972)
"Kizzy" 1976 BBC adaptation of Rumer Godden's "The Diddakoi"
"Kizzy"song by Don McKenzie