Zechariah (given name)

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The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "Yah 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 (Finnish), Cherian (Malayalam), Skaria, Xackary, Zacarías, Zaccaria, Zaccharia, Zacharia, Zachariah,Zakharia, 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

• Albanian: Zekë, Zaho, Zahari, Zeqir
• Arabic: زَكَرِيَّا (Zakariya)
• Armenian: Զաքարիյա (Zakʿariya)
• Belarusian: Захар (Zachar)
• Bulgarian: Захария (Zahari)^[2]
• Bosnian: Zekerijah
• Catalan: Zacaries
• Chinese Simplified: 撒迦利亚 (Sājiālìyǎ)
• Chinese Traditional: 撒迦利亞 (Sājiālìyǎ)
• English: Zachary, Zachery, Zacharia, Zackery
• Faroese: Sakarias, Sakaris, Sakir, Ziska
• Finnish: Sakari, Sakke, Saku
• French: Zacharie
• Georgian: ზაქარია (Zakaria, Zak’aria), ზაქრო (Zakro), შაქრო (Shakro)
• Greek: Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias)
• Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה (Zechariah, Zeckeriah, Zekharyah)^[2]
• Hindi: ाकारिया (̔Ākāriyā)
• Hungarian: Zakariás
• Italian: Zaccaria
• Japanese: ザカライア (Zakaraia)
• Kannada: ಜಚರಿಯ (Jacariya)
• Korean: 스가랴 (Seugarya)
• Latin: Zaccharias^[2]
• Macedonian: Захариј (Zaharij)
• Malayalam (Kerala, India): Skaria, Scaria, Sakaria, Sakariah, Cherian,^[3] Kuncherian
• Maori: Hakaraia
• Persian: زکریا
• 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
• Swahili: Zakaria
• Swedish: Zakarias
• Tamil: ஜக்கரியா (Jakkariyā)
• Thai: ซาคาเรีย (Sākhāreīy)
• Turkish: Zekeriya, Zekeriyya
• Ukrainian: Захар (Zakhar), Захарій (Zakhariy), Захарія (Zakhariya)
• Urdu: زکریا
• Yiddish: זכריה

People

Biblical

• Several more minor Bible characters, listed at Zechariah (biblical)
• Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), a prophet of the kingdom of Judah
• Zechariah (priest), the father of John the Baptist
• 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

Medieval era

• Zacharias Rhetor or Scholasticus (c. 465-after 536), bishop and author of the Historia Ecclesiastica
• Zacharias I of Makuria (c. 722), 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

• Zac MacMath, American soccer player
• 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
• Zachary Taylor, (1784–1850), 12th President of The United States of America.
• Zacharias Topelius, (1818–1898), Finland-Swedish author
• Zachary Quinto, (born 1977), American actor and film producer

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 The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments series
• Zachariah, an angel, Castiel's superior in series Supernatural
• Zachry, in the novel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• Zac, the Secret Weapon, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends

See also

• Zacharias (surname)
• Zachary, a male given name
• Zakariya, the Arabic form of the name
• Zach (disambiguation)
• Zack (disambiguation)
• Zechariah (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Zac"
• All pages beginning with "Zak"
• All pages beginning with "Zec"

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