Zechariah (given name)

Zechariah, also transliterated as Zachariah and Zacharias, is a theophoric masculine given name of Persian and Hebrew origin, meaning "God remembers". It comes from the Hebrew word zakhar, meaning to remember, and yah, one of the names of the God. Though Zechariah is the original transliteration of the name and used in the English translation of the Book of Zechariah, Zachariah, spelled with the letter A instead of the letter E, is more popular, with a common diminutive being Zach (also Zac, Zack, Zacki and Zak). Due to its religious significance, variants of the name exist in numerous languages.

Zechariah
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
MeaningGod Has Remembered
Other names
Variant form(s)Zacharias, Zachary, Zakariya etc.
Nickname(s)Zac, Zach, Zack, Zak

Variants
  • Persian: زکریا (Zakariya, Zechariah, Zachariah)
  • Albanian: Zekë, Zaho, Zahari(a), Zaqir(i), Zeqir(i)
  • Arabic: زَكَرِيَّا
  • Armenian: Զաքարիա (Zakʿaria)
  • Belarusian: Захар (Zachar)
  • Bengali: যাকারিয়া, জাকারিয়া (Zakariya, Jakariya)
  • Bulgarian: Захария (Zahari)[1]
  • 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, Zachare, Zacharia, Zackary, Zackery, Zaqueri, Zechariah
  • 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)[1]
  • Hindi: ज़कारिया (Zaʾkāriyā)
  • Hungarian: Zakariás
  • Indonesian: Zakaria, Zakariya
  • Italian: Zaccaria
  • Japanese: ザカリア (Zakaria)
  • Kannada: ಜಚರಿಯ (Jacariya)
  • Korean: 즈카르야 (Jeukarya) or 스가랴 (Seugarya)
  • Kurdish: Zekerîya
  • Latin: Zaccharias[1]
  • Lithuanian: Zakaras, Zakarijas, Zacharijas, Zacharijus, Zakys
  • Macedonian: Захариј (Zaharij)
  • Malayalam (Kerala, India): Skaria, Scaria, Sakaria, Sakariah, Cherian,[2] Kuncherian
  • Maori: Hakaraia
  • 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
  • Sindhi: زَڪَريا (Zaʾkāriyā)
  • Swahili: Zakaria
  • Swedish: Sakarias, Zacharias, Zakarias
  • Tamil: ஜக்கரியா (Jakkariyā)
  • Thai: ซาคาเรีย (Sākhāreīy)
  • Turkish: Zekeriya, Zekeriyya
  • Ukrainian: Захар (Zakhar), Захарій (Zakhariy), Захарія (Zakhariya)
  • Urdu: زکريّا
  • Yiddish: זכריה

People

Biblical

Medieval era

Modern era

Fictional characters
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See also

References
  1. http://www.behindthename.com/name/zechariah
  2. Cherian: variant of Zacharias among Kerala Christians. The final -n is a Malayalam masculine suffix. Cherian is only found as a given name in India, but in the diaspora it is also used as a surname. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4, cited at Ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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