Kizzy
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About Kizzy
Kizzy was a character in Alex Haley's Roots; this and other Keziah variations were widely used among enslaved people. 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'.
Kizzy is also given to boys.
Pronounced KIZ-ee.
As of October 2026, Kizzy ranked #14419 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #223 in 1977.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Kizzy on lists
Famous Kizzys
- Kizzy Yuanda Constance GetrouwGirl
Dutch actress/singer
- Kizzy CrawfordGirl
Barbadian,Welsh singer
- Kizzy Kay NealGirl
British teen mother, subject of film "Kizzy: Mum at 14"
Kizzy in pop culture
- Kizzy Waller LeaGirl
character in book/TV miniseries "Roots"
- Kizzy "Kiz" ShoemakerGirl
character in web series "Afterworld"
- KizzyGirl
character on TV's "Snobs"
- KizzyGirl
character in "Turn Left at Gilgamesh" by Rory Winston
- KizzyGirl
orphaned 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)
- "KizzyGirl
" 1976 BBC adaptation of Rumer Godden's "The Diddakoi"
- "Kizzy"Girl
song by Don McKenzie