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.
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