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Zaccary
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
MeaningGod Has Remembered
Other names
Variant form(s)Awesome
Nickname(s)Zac

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

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

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

Variants

  • Arabic: Zakariya
  • Armenian: Զաքարիյա (Zakariya)
  • Bulgarian: Zahari
  • English: Zachary, Zachery, Zacharia, Zackery
  • Finnish: Sakari, Sakke, Saku
  • French: Zacharie
  • Greek: Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias)
  • Hebrew: Zechariah, Zeckeriah, Zekharyah
  • Italian: Zaccaria
  • Latin: Zaccharias
  • Malayalam (Kerala, India): Skaria, Scaria, Sakaria, Sakariah, Cherian, Kuncherian
  • Polish: Zachariasz, Zachary
  • Portuguese: Zacarías
  • Russian: Захарий (Zakhariy; old-fashioned; church form; neutral form – Захар), Zakhar; name relatively rare in modern usage; made basis for a more frequent family name Захаров (Zakharov).
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sachairi, Sagairi, Sagaire
  • Serbian: Захарије (Zaharije), Зарија (Zarija), Зарије (Zarije)
  • Somali: Sakariye
  • Spanish: Zacarías
  • Turkish: Zekeriya
  • Ukrainian: Zahariy, Zahar (Захар (-ій))

People

Biblical

Medieval era

Modern era

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. Am Bìoball Gàidhlig (1992) Comann-Bhìoball Dùthchail na h-Alba ISBN 0-901518-10-7
  2. ^ http://www.behindthename.com/name/zechariah
  3. 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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