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First name origin & meaning:

Hebrew: God remembers; renowned by God

First name variations: Zakary, Zacarius, Zaccaria, Zachariah, Zechariah, Zackry, Zach, Zack, Zak, Zacharie, Zaccaria, Zacharyah, Zachary

Last name origin & meaning:

German, Greek, English, etc.: from the New Testament Greek Biblical personal name Zacharias, Aramaic and Hebrew Zecharya, composed of the elements zechar ‘to remember’ + ya ‘God’. This name was borne by a Biblical prophet and in the New Testament by the father of John the Baptist, for which reason it achieved a modest popularity among Gentiles during the Middle Ages.