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Zaccary
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	God Has Remembered
Other names
Variant form(s)	Zaccary is Awesome
Nickname(s)	Zac

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-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]]),<ref>''Am Bìoball Gàidhlig'' (1992) Comann-Bhìoball Dùthchail na h-Alba ISBN 0-901518-10-7</ref> Sakari ([[Finnish language|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 (given name)|Zack]], which may also be given names in their own right.
-==Variants==
-*[[Arabic language|Arabic]]: Zakariya
-*[[Armenian language|Armenian]]: Զաքարիյա (Zakariya)
-*[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Zahari<ref name="behindthename">http://www.behindthename.com/name/zechariah</ref>
-*[[English language|English]]: Zachary, Zachery, Zacharia, Zackery
-*[[Finnish language|Finnish]]: Sakari, Sakke, Saku
-*[[French language|French]]: Zacharie
-*[[Greek language|Greek]]: Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias)
-*[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: Zechariah, Zeckeriah, Zekharyah<ref name="behindthename" />
-*[[Italian language|Italian]]: Zaccaria
-*[[Latin language|Latin]]: Zaccharias<ref name="behindthename" />
-*[[Malayalam]] ([[Kerala]], India): Skaria, Scaria, Sakaria, Sakariah, Cherian,<ref>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 [http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=cherian Ancestry.com]. Retrieved 10 July 2012.</ref> Kuncherian{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
-*[[Polish language|Polish]]: Zachariasz, Zachary
-*[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Zacarías
-*[[Russian language|Russian]]: Захарий (Zakhariy; old-fashioned; church form; neutral form – Захар), Zakhar<ref name="behindthename" />; name relatively rare in modern usage; made basis for a more frequent family name Захаров (Zakharov).
-*[[Scottish Gaelic Language|Scottish Gaelic]]: Sachairi, Sagairi, Sagaire
-*[[Serbian language|Serbian]]: Захарије (Zaharije), Зарија (Zarija), Зарије (Zarije)
-*[[Somali Language|Somali]]: Sakariye
-*[[Spanish language|Spanish]]: Zacarías
-*[[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Zekeriya
-*[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: Zahariy, Zahar (Захар (-ій))
-==People==
-===Biblical===
-<!-- arranged in date order -->
-*[[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
-*[[Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)]], a prophet of the kingdom of Judah
-*[[Zechariah (priest)]], the father of John the Baptist
-*Several more minor Bible characters, listed at [[Zechariah (biblical)]]
-===Medieval era===
-<!-- arranged in date order -->
-*[[Zacharias Rhetor]] or Scholasticus (c. 465-after 536), bishop and author of the ''Historia Ecclesiastica''
-*[[Zacharias I of Makuria]] (c. 722{{clarify|date=February 2013}}), 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===
-<!-- arranged by order of last name, then by first name -->
-*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
-*[[Zacharias Topelius]] (1818–1898), Finland-Swedish author
-<!-- The above list is arranged by order of last name, then by first name -->
-==Fictional characters==
-* [[Zacharias Smith]] in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series.
-* Zack (Zacharias) Lane in the novel ''Zack'' by [[William E. Bell (author)|William Bell]]
-* [[Characters of Supernatural#Angels|Zachariah]], an angel, [[Castiel (Supernatural)|Castiel]]'s superior in series ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''
-* Zachry, in the novel ''[[Cloud Atlas (novel)|Cloud Atlas]]'' by [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]]
-==See also==
-*[[Zacharias (surname)]]
-*[[Zachary]], a male given name
-*[[Zakariya]], the Arabic form of the name
-*[[Zach (disambiguation)]]
-*[[Zack (disambiguation)]]
-*[[Zechariah (disambiguation)]]
-*{{lookfrom|Zac}}
-*{{lookfrom|Zak}}
-*{{lookfrom|Zec}}
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-{{given name|Zechariah (or its variant forms)|nocat}}
-[[Category:Hebrew masculine given names]]

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