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I prefer Zachary because it is less Old Testament, sandals in the desert, and its rhythm is more light and flexible, like Timothy etc. But even though it's the one I like best of the three, I still don't like it enough to use, even on a pet reptile. It has an aura of 19th century cowboys brawling in bars.

I prefer Zachariah or Zacharias.

Can't stand it. I don't like the sound/look of the name, and it's also so incredibly tired (at least where I live).

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Still, out of the 3 I prefer the spelling Zachary, as I'm not really into names ending in -ias or -iah.

I'm really, really tired of Zachary, and especially tired of hearing so many boys called Zach or Zack. This name needs a rest.

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Of the three, Zachary is my favorite simply because it is the one usually used.

Not my fave. Too "saved-by-the-bell-early-to-mid-nineties-fadish" for me.

I think Zachary is a very uninteresting name. I don't really have any feelings for it, good or bad. It's just...there. I think I prefer Zacharias (prn. zac-ah-ree-ahs), which would also be my favorite of the three but Zachariah is quite nice too. I do love another Zach-name though, Zacchaeus.

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It's okey, and I love the nn Zach. But I really prefer both Zacharias and Zachariah (this being my favorite). I just love the sound of Zachariah and as I said, the nn Zach.

I think Zachary is nice. It doesn't hold my attention very long, but it's a nice, sturdy, masculine name :o)

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I think Zacharias is kind of cool, but Zachariah doesn't do it for me. Zachary is my favourite of the three because the other two feel kind of frilly to me...

Zachary's a fine name, but its SO common on boys of all ages where I am, I can think of literally fifteen boys that I know named Zachary (almost all who are called Zach/Zak/Zack.) So because of that its really plain and boring to me. I like it nice enough though and if it wasn't so widely used where I live, I would probably like it more. Zacharias and Zachariah are not my style at all, and I have a bad association with the name Zachariah. Zacharias would be cool on the right little boy.

It's okay, but I lean towards Zachariah.

Very 1990's. I like Zachariah but it seems rather trendy with the popularity of Isaiah and Jeremiah. Zacharias looks and sounds good to me but it is a mouthful. All that aside any Zach- name is liable to end up shortened to Zach/Zack/Zak/etc. I don't really care for the NN.

This message was edited 8/12/2010, 8:53 AM

Sorry, but blech. To me it's obnoxiously youthful, and funny I can picture a Zachary as either very dumb (like a wooo I only like football and beer and chicks type of guy) or a nerdy socially awkward little guy who's a big jerk.

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I don't like Zacharias or Zachariah, either. The Zachar- part aside, I dislike almost all -ias and -iah names. But if I had to pick the least of all evils, I'd go with Zachariah because it sounds less harsh.