Gender | Male |
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Word/name | Hebrew |
Meaning | God Has Remembered |
Variant form(s) | Zacharias, Zachary, Zakariya etc. |
Nickname(s) | Zac, Zach, Zack, Zak |
Related names | Zooey |
The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "Yahweh 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), Sakari (Finnish), Sakari(a)s (Faroese), 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, Zack and Zac, which may also be given names in their own right.