Zechariah (given name)
| Zechariah |
| Gender |
Male |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Hebrew |
| Meaning |
God has remembered |
| Other names |
| Related names |
Zachary, Zacharias, Zack, etc. |
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),[1]Sakari, Skaria, Xackary, Zacarías, Zaccaria, Zaccharia, Zacharia, Zachariah, Zacharias, Zaharia, Zakaria, Zachery, Zakarija, Zakariya, Zakariyya, Zachary, Zackary, Zakary, Zekerijah and Zekeriya.
A common shortened form of the name is Zach (again with various spellings including Zac, Zack and Zak), which may also be a given name in itself.
People with this name include:
Variants
Biblical
Medieval era
Modern times
- Zacarias, Brazilian actor, regular cast member of comedy film series Os Trapalhões
- Zakaria Abdulla, Kurdish pop music star
- Zakariyya Ahmad, Egyptian musician and composer
- Zakaria Alaoui, Moroccan football goalkeeper
- Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi, first Saudi female commercial airline pilot
- Zakaria Amara, accused of plotting terrorist attacks against targets in southern Ontario
- Zacharias Barbitsiotis (1759–1804), Greek klepht
- Zachary Boyd, (1585–1653) Scottish religious writer
- Zachary Brino (born 1998), American child actor
- Zachary Browne (born 1985), American actor
- Zecharias Frankel (1801–1875), Bohemian-German rabbi and historian
- Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born 1969), American comedian, actor, and writer
- Zakaria Goneim (1905–1959), Egyptian archaeologist
- Zachary Gordon (born 1998), American actor
- Wilhelmus Zakaria Johannes (1895–1952), Indonesian doctor
- Zakaria Khan, birth name of Indian actor Jayant
- Zachary Levi (born 1980), American actor
- Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal (1769–1843), German jurist
- Zakaria Mohieddin (born 1918), Egyptian military officer, former Prime Minister of Egypt
- Zacarias Moussaoui (born 1968), French-Moroccan man convicted of participation in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
- Zakaria Paliashvili, Georgian classical music composer
- Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh (1929–1973), birth name of Malaysian film actor, director and songwriter P. Ramlee
- Zachary Richard (born 1950), American singer-songwriter
- Zachariah Selwyn (born 1975), American singer-songwriter, actor, and writer
- Zecharia Sitchin (born 1922), American author promoting the ancient astronaut theory
- Zakaria Tamer (born 1931), Syrian writer
- Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), American military leader and the twelfth President of the USA
- Zacharias Topelius (1818–1898), Finland-Swedish author
- Zachery Ty Bryan (born 1981), American actor
- Zachary Quinto (born 1977), American actor
- Zakaria Zubeidi, leader of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
- Known chiefly by the short form of the name
- Zach Braff (born 1975), American actor known for his role in television series Scrubs
- Zach Day (born 1978), American major league baseball player
- Zac Efron (born 1987), American actor
- Zack Esposito (born 1983), American amateur wrestler
- Zac Farro (born 1990), American drummer for Paramore
- Zac Foley (1970–2002), British musician, bass guitarist for EMF
- Zack Fleishman (born 1980), American tennis player
- Zach Galifianakis (born 1969), American comedian
- Zac Goldsmith (born 1975), English environmentalist and politician
- Zack Greinke (born 1983), American Major League baseball player
- Zac Hanson (born 1985), American musician, drummer for Hanson
- Zach Jackson (born 1983), American Major League baseball player
- Zak Keith, British guitarist
- Zach Kosnitzky, American participant in Kid Nation
- Zach Parise (born 1984), American ice hockey player
- Zack Conroy (born 1985), American soap actor
- Zac Posen (born 1980), American fashion designer
- Zack de la Rocha (born 1970), lead singer of Rage Against the Machine
- Zack Shada (born 1992), American actor
- Zack Snyder (born 1966), American film director and screenwriter
- Zak Starkey (born 1965), English drummer for The Who and Oasis
- Zack Test (born 1989), American rugby union player
- Zack Werner, Canadian artist, producer, lawyer, and manager in the music industry
- Zacky Vengeance (born 1981), rhythm guitarist for Avenged Sevenfold
- Zack Wheat (1888–1972), American Major League Baseball player
- Zach Whitmarsh (born 1977), Canadian track and field athlete
- Zakk Wylde (born 1967), guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, and founder of Black Label Society
Fictional characters
See also
- Zacharias (surname)
- Zack (disambiguation page)
- Zechariah (disambiguation page)
- All pages beginning with Zac
- All pages beginning with Zak
- All pages beginning with Zec
References
- ^ Am Bìoball Gàidhlig (1992) Comann-Bhìoball Dùthchail na h-Alba ISBN 0-901518-10-7