Gender Masculine
Scripts זְכַרְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. zehk-ə-RIE-ə(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name זְכַרְיָה (Zekharyah) meaning "Yahweh remembers", from זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember" and יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament, including the prophet Zechariah, the author of the Book of Zechariah. The name also appears in the New Testament belonging to the father of John the Baptist, who was temporarily made dumb because of his disbelief. He is regarded as a saint by Christians. In some versions of the New Testament his name is spelled in the Greek form Zacharias or the English form Zachary. As an English given name, Zechariah has been in occasional use since the Protestant Reformation.

Related Names

VariantsZachariah, Zacharias(Biblical)
Other Languages & CulturesZakaria, Zakariya, Zakariyya(Arabic) Zacharias(Biblical Greek) Zekharyah(Biblical Hebrew) Zaccharias(Biblical Latin) Zahari(Bulgarian) Sakari, Sakke, Saku(Finnish) Zacharie(French) Zakaria(Georgian) Zacharias(Greek) Zakaria(Indonesian) Zaccaria(Italian) Zakaria(Malay) Zachariasz(Polish) Zacarias(Portuguese) Zakhar(Russian) Sachairi(Scottish Gaelic) Zacarías(Spanish) Zekeriya(Turkish)

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The Archangel Gabriel Appears to Zechariah, a painting from the 15th centuryThe Archangel Gabriel Appears to Zechariah, a painting from the 15th century

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Entry updated June 9, 2023