Zacharias

Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Greek [1], Greek
Scripts Ζαχαρίας(Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˌzæk.ə.ˈɹaɪ.əs/(English) /za.xa.ˈri.as/(Late Greek)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Greek form of Zechariah. This form of the name is used in most English translations of the New Testament to refer to the father of John the Baptist. It was also borne by an 8th-century pope (called Zachary in English).

Related Names

Rootszaḵar + Yahweh
VariantsZachary, Zachariah, Zechariah(Biblical)
Other Languages & CulturesZakaria, Zakariya, Zakariyya(Arabic) Zekharya(Biblical Hebrew) Zaccharias(Biblical Latin) Zahari(Bulgarian) Zachary, Zechariah, Zac, Zach, Zachariah, Zachery, Zack, Zackary, Zackery, Zak(English) Sakari, Sakke, Saku(Finnish) Zacharie(French) Zakaria(Georgian) Zakaria(Indonesian) Zaccaria(Italian) Zakaria(Malay) Zachariasz(Polish) Zacarias(Portuguese) Zakhar(Russian) Sachairi(Scottish Gaelic) Zacarías(Spanish) Zekeriya(Turkish)
User SubmissionZachariáš

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   urban   strong   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Name Days

Denmark: March 15
Germany: November 5
Greece: February 8
Greece: September 5

Categories

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g2197, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g2197.
Entry updated October 6, 2024