Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה), with many variant forms and spellings such as Zachariah and Zacharias, is a
theophoric masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "
God/YHWH remembers". It comes from the Hebrew root
זכר, meaning to remember,[1][2] and yah, one of the names of the
God of Israel. Though Zechariah is the original transliteration of the name and used in the English translation of the
Book of Zechariah, Zachariah, spelled with the letter
A instead of the letter
E, is more popular, with a common diminutive being Zach (also Zac, Zack, Zackie, and Zak). Due to its religious significance, variants of the name exist in numerous languages, and it is also used as a
monastic or papal name.
The Arabic form of the name, Zakariya, with spelling variants (Zakariyya, Zakaria, Zekaria), is dealt with on a separate dedicated page, Zakariya.
Zacharias the Martyr, by drowning in the sea, Orthodox martyr, commemorated on October 22 (either same as, or different from, saint commemorated on 21 October)[6][7][8]
Zachariah (d. 724), one of the 63 Martyrs of Jerusalem, Orthodox saint and martyr commemorated on October 21
^Cherian: variant of Zacharias among Kerala Christians. The final -n is a Malayalam masculine suffix. Cherian is only found as a given name in India, but in the diaspora it is also used as a surname. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press,
ISBN0-19-508137-4, cited at
Ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה), with many variant forms and spellings such as Zachariah and Zacharias, is a
theophoric masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "
God/YHWH remembers". It comes from the Hebrew root
זכר, meaning to remember,[1][2] and yah, one of the names of the
God of Israel. Though Zechariah is the original transliteration of the name and used in the English translation of the
Book of Zechariah, Zachariah, spelled with the letter
A instead of the letter
E, is more popular, with a common diminutive being Zach (also Zac, Zack, Zackie, and Zak). Due to its religious significance, variants of the name exist in numerous languages, and it is also used as a
monastic or papal name.
The Arabic form of the name, Zakariya, with spelling variants (Zakariyya, Zakaria, Zekaria), is dealt with on a separate dedicated page, Zakariya.
Zacharias the Martyr, by drowning in the sea, Orthodox martyr, commemorated on October 22 (either same as, or different from, saint commemorated on 21 October)[6][7][8]
Zachariah (d. 724), one of the 63 Martyrs of Jerusalem, Orthodox saint and martyr commemorated on October 21
^Cherian: variant of Zacharias among Kerala Christians. The final -n is a Malayalam masculine suffix. Cherian is only found as a given name in India, but in the diaspora it is also used as a surname. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press,
ISBN0-19-508137-4, cited at
Ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.