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Zechariah (given name)

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
God Has Remembered

Related names
  
Zooey

Word/name
  
Hebrew

Nickname(s)
  
Zac, Zach, Zack, Zak

Variant form(s)
  
Zacharias, Zachary, Zakariya etc.

The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "Yahweh Has Remembered". It is a theophoric name, the ending -iah being a short Hebrew form for the Tetragrammaton.

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It has many variant forms and spellings including Sachariah (Scottish Gaelic), Sakari (Finnish), Sakari(a)s (Faroese), Cherian (Malayalam), Skaria, Xackary, Zacarías, Zaccaria, Zaccharia, Zacharia, Zachariah, Zakharia, Zacharias, Zaharia, Zakaria, Zachery, Zakarija, Zakariya, Sakariye, Zakariyya, Zachary, Zachari, Zackary, Zakary, Zekerijah and Zekeriya.

Common shortened forms of the name are Zach, Zack and Zac, which may also be given names in their own right.

Variants

  • Albanian: Zekë, Zaho, Zahari(a), Zaqir(i), Zeqir(i)
  • Arabic: زَكَرِيَّا (Zakariya)
  • Armenian: Զաքարիյա (Zakʿariya)
  • Belarusian: Захар (Zachar)
  • Bengali: যাকারিয়া (Zakariya, Jakariya)
  • Bulgarian: Захария (Zahari)
  • Bosnian: Zekerijah
  • Catalan: Zacaries
  • Chinese Simplified: 撒迦利亚 (Sājiālìyǎ)
  • Chinese Traditional: 撒迦利亞 (Sājiālìyǎ)
  • Danish: Sakarias, Zacharias, Zakarias
  • English: Zachary, Zachery, Zacharia, Zackery
  • Faroese: Sakarias, Sakaris, Sakir, Ziska
  • Filipino: Zacarias
  • Finnish: Sakari, Sakke, Saku
  • French: Zacharie
  • German: Zacharias
  • Georgian: ზაქარია (Zakaria, ZakCaria), ზაქრო (Zakro), შაქრო (Shakro)
  • Greek: Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias)
  • Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה (Zechariah, Zeckeriah, Zekharyah)
  • Hindi: ज़कारिया (Zaʾkāriyā)
  • Hungarian: Zakariás
  • Italian: Zaccaria
  • Japanese: ザカライア (Zakaraia)
  • Kannada: ಜಚರಿಯ (Jacariya)
  • Korean: 즈카르야 (Jeukarya) or 스가랴 (Seugarya)
  • Latin: Zaccharias
  • Lithuanian: Zakaras, Zakarijas, Zacharijas, Zacharijus, Zakys
  • Macedonian: Захариј (Zaharij)
  • Malayalam (Kerala, India): Skaria, Scaria, Sakaria, Sakariah, Cherian, Kuncherian
  • Maori: Hakaraia
  • Persian: زکریا
  • Polish: Zachariasz, Zachary
  • Portuguese: Zacarías
  • Punjabi: ਜ਼ਕਰਯਾਹ (Zakarayāha)
  • Romanian: Zaharia
  • Russian: Захарий (Zakhariy), Захария (Zakhariya), Захар (Zakhar)
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sachairi, Sagairi, Sagaire
  • Serbian: Захарије (Zaharije), Захарија (Zaharija), Зарија (Zarija), Зарије (Zarije)
  • Slovak: Zachariáš
  • Slovenian: Zaharija
  • Somali: Sakariye, Sekaryaah
  • Spanish: Zacarías
  • Swahili: Zakaria
  • Swedish: Sakarias, Zacharias
  • Sylheti: যাকারিয়া, যাখারিয়া (Zakariya, Zakhariya)
  • Tamil: ஜக்கரியா (Jakkariyā)
  • Thai: ซาคาเรีย (Sākhāreīy)
  • Turkish: Zekeriya, Zekeriyya
  • Ukrainian: Захар (Zakhar), Захарій (Zakhariy), Захарія (Zakhariya)
  • Urdu: زکريّا
  • Yiddish: זכריה

    • Biblical

  • Several more minor Bible characters, listed at Zechariah (biblical)
  • Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), a prophet of the kingdom of Judah
  • Zechariah (priest), the father of John the Baptist
  • Zechariah ben Jehoiada, martyred son of the High Priest in the times of Ahaziah and Joash
  • Zechariah of Israel, king of Israel and son of Jeroboam

    • Medieval era

  • Zacharias Rhetor or Scholasticus (c. 465-after 536), bishop and author of the Historia Ecclesiastica
  • Zacharias I of Makuria (c. 722), Nubian ruler
  • Zachariah (Khazar), 9th century Khagan of the Khazars known to have ruled c. 861
  • Zacharias III of Makuria (c. 822-c. 854), Nubian ruler
  • Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakarīya al-Rāzi (also known as "Razi" and "Rhazes") (865–925), Persian (Iranian) physician, philosopher and scholar
  • Pope Zacharias of Alexandria (1004–1032), Coptic Pope

    • Modern era

  • Zacarias, Brazilian actor, regular cast member of comedy film series Os Trapalhões
  • Zacharias (klepht), (1759–1804), Greek klepht
  • Zakaria Abdulla, Kurdish singer
  • Zakaria Botros, Coptic priest from Egypt
  • Zecharias Frankel, (1801–1875), Bohemian-German rabbi and historian
  • Zacarias Moussaoui, (born 1968), French-Moroccan man convicted of participation in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
  • Zachariah Selwyn, (born 1975), American singer-songwriter, actor, and writer
  • Zecharia Sitchin, (born 1922), American author promoting the ancient astronaut theory
  • Zachary Taylor, (born 1784), 12th President of the United States of America
  • Zacharias Topelius, (1818–1898), Finland-Swedish author

    • Fictional characters

  • Zacharias Smith in the Harry Potter series
  • Zack (Zacharias) Lane in the novel Zack by William Bell
  • Brother Zachariah, the name taken on by James Carstairs in The Infernal Devices' and The Mortal Instruments series
  • Zachariah, an angel, Castiel's superior in the TV series Supernatural

    • References

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