What are your thoughts on [name_f]Keziah[/name_f]?
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f] is pronounced kə-ZIE-ə.
I think it’s an underused Biblical name full of personality. 
I think it’s a lovely, underused Biblical name with a nature meaning, and since I like Biblical names and I’m a garden nerd who adores names of trees/plants it’s kind of my jam.
So that’s the good part first. The bad part (for you, sorry) is I like it pronounced with the middle syllable a “zee,” which I’ve heard used by Kezias/Keziahs before.
I’m probably influenced by the Hebrew variants [name_f]Ketzia[/name_f]/Ketziya etc. where it’s got an “ee” sound in the middle, but the ZIE-ah seems not as melodious to me.
It’s on my list but I haven’t picked a spelling, [name_f]Ketzia[/name_f]/[name_f]Kezia[/name_f]/[name_f]Keziah[/name_f]. I don’t know if one spelling would be surest to get the pronunciation you want?
[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t hate me. 
I dated a guy with the last name [name_f]Keziah[/name_f]…so until I became a berry…I never considered it a fn…but I adore it to pieces I just could never use it 
[name_f]Love[/name_f] it! And especially nn [name_f]Kizzy[/name_f] (but for family use only).
I’m not religious so don’t know non-mainstream biblical names, and it looks made up to me. Like a mix of [name_m]Kaden[/name_m] and [name_m]Isiah[/name_m].
I’m in the minority here, but it feels like she would be going through her life spelling and pronouncing her name. I like unusual, but this is too unusual for me despite its strong roots.
I actually grew up with a [name_f]Kezia[/name_f], pronounced the same as [name_f]Keziah[/name_f], and I adore the name.
I’ve looked at all of the [name_f]Keziah[/name_f] variants and in the end [name_f]Keziah[/name_f] is the one I most like.
It’s not about the pronunciation I want. It’s the correct pronunciation. Meaning, origin and history of the name Keziah - Behind the Name
Thank you everyone for your thoughts!
I met a 10 year old girl named this and I thought it was very pretty.
Technically, wouldn’t the correct pronunciation, if there’s only one right answer, be the Hebrew? That site even specifies that the Hebrew has an “ee” sound. I’m not sure how to evaluate the correct English pronunciation beyond noting what’s in use, which is a few different forms? Wasn’t trying to be rude.
Could you link me to where that is?
I wasn’t saying you were rude. Sorry if I seemed like I was.
קְצִיעָה <–if this even formats right. Anyway, the little dot under the second-from-the-right letter is the “ee” sound vowel. I can see it on my screen, let me know if it comes out blank on yours. http://www.kveller.com/jewish_names/display.php?n=Ketziya&k=994its written bigger here so you don’t mess up your eyes trying to find the vowels
“From the Hebrew name קְצִיעָה (Qetzi’ah)” - i in Hebrew is often, confusingly, used to transliterate an EE sound. Like in Liora - lee-or-a. Or Tzvi. Looking at it again, that’s a bit unfair to non-Hebrew speakers, I think. I didn’t think about it.
I think you might be right about the traditional English pronunciation. I’m a bit crap on the correct English pronunciation of more obscure Biblical names and the people I know who use them tend to use Hebrew-ified pronunciations 'cause they’re Orthodox Jews or Israelis. Like I only recently found out that in English Naphtali ends with a hard I sound! I was shocked. blush I’m dumb sometimes. Sorry for any confusion.
I should add I don’t think there’s ANYTHING wrong with using an English pronunciation and I wasn’t trying to be a snot. I’m quite fond of a number of English versions of Biblical names, especially 'cause I love me some J names. And I like learning about English forms if I didn’t know them. I’ve learned a good bit from Nameberry. 
Thank you for this stripedsocks!
There was a [name_f]Keziah[/name_f] in my year at school, and I dislike it because of her.
She said it KEE-zee-uh and nearly everyone got it wrong. Biblical names can only ever really be correct by usage
I know a little girl named [name_f]Keziah[/name_f]. She’s about 8 years old and fits her name beautifully. (Brother is [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Zeke[/name_m])
I think it’s a great underused name and one of the few K names I like.
I would love to hear more thoughts on [name_f]Keziah[/name_f].