Zechariah (given name)

Zechariah
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	God Has Remembered
Other names
Variant form(s)	Zacharias, Zachary, Zakariya etc.
Nickname(s)	Zac, Zach, Zack, Zak

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.

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: Template:Hebrew (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^{[citation needed]}
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

Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), a prophet of the kingdom of Judah
Minor Bible characters
- King Zechariah of Israel, son of Jeroboam
- Zechariah ben Jehoiada, martyred son of the High Priest in the times of Ahaziah and Joash
- Zechariah (New Testament figure), the father of John the Baptist
- Zechariah (biblical) lists several others

Medieval era

Zacharias Rhetor or Scholasticus (c. 465-after 536), bishop and author of the Historia Ecclesiastica
Zacharias I of Makuria (c. 722^{[clarification needed]}), 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
Zacharias "Zack" de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter and activist. Vocalist of Rage Against the Machine
Zakaria Abdulla, Kurdish singer
Zaqueri Black, (1992–present), e-Sports support (known as Aphromoo)
Zakaria Botros, Coptic priest from Egypt
Zackery Bowen (-October 2006), his murder of Adriane "Addie" Hall and subsequent suicide are prominently featured in Ethan Brown's book Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans (2009)
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
Zechariah Puoric Matuong, South Sudanese politician
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 series The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments
Zachariah, an angel, Castiel's superior in the TV series Supernatural

References

^ ^a ^b ^c http://www.behindthename.com/name/zechariah
^ 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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[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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