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Zechariah Gender Male

Origin

Word/Name Hebrew

Meaning God Has Remembered

Other

Variant form(s) Zacharias, Zachary, Zakariya etc.

Nickname(s) Zac, Zach, Zack, Zak meaning "God Has Remembered". It is a ,זְכַרְיָה The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew theophoric name, the ending -iah being a short Hebrew form for the . It has many variant forms and spellings including Sachariah (Scottish Gaelic),[1] Sakari (Finnish), Cherian (Malayalam), Skaria, Xackary, Zacarías, Zaccaria, Zaccharia, Zacharia, Zachariah, Zacharias, Zaharia, Zakaria, Zachery, Zakarija, Zakariya, Sakariye, Zakariyya, Zachary, Zachari, Zackary, Zakary, Zekerijah and Zekeriya. Common shortened forms of the name are Zach and Zack, which may also be given names in their own right.

Variants • Albanian: Zeqir, Zeqiri (Zakariya) ﺯَﻛَﺮِﻳَّﺎ :Arabic • • Armenian: Զաքարիյա (Zakariya) • Belarusian: Захар (Zachar) • Bulgarian: Захария (Zahari)[2] • Bosnian: Zekerijah

• Chinese Simplified: 撒 迦 利 亚 (Sājiālìyǎ)

• Chinese Traditional: 撒 迦 利 亞 (Sājiālìyǎ) • English: Zachary, Zachery, Zacharia, Zackery • Finnish: Sakari, Sakke, Saku • French: Zacharie • Georgian: ზაქარია (Zakaria, Zak’aria), ზაქრო (Zakro), შაქრო (Shakro) • Greek: Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias) • Hebrew: Zechariah, Zeckeriah, Zekharyah • Hindi: ाकारिया (̔Ākāriyā) • Hungarian: Zakariás • Italian: Zaccaria

• Japanese: ザ カ ラ イ ア (Zakaraia) • Kannada: ಜಚರಿಯ (Jacariya) • Korean: 스가랴 (Seugarya) • Latin: Zaccharias • Macedonian: Захариј (Zaharij) • Malayalam (Kerala, India): Skaria, Scaria, Sakaria, Sakariah, Cherian,[3] KuncherianWikipedia:Citation needed • Maori: Hakaraia ﺯﮐﺮﯾﺎ :Persian • Zechariah (given name) 2

• Polish: Zachariasz, Zachary • Portuguese: Zacarías • Punjabi: ਜ਼ਕਰਯਾਹ (Zakarayāha) • Romanian: Zaharia • Russian: Захарий (Zakhariy), Захария (Zakhariya), Захар (Zakhar) • Scottish Gaelic: Sachairi, Sagairi, Sagaire • Serbian: Захарије (Zaharije), Захарија (Zaharija), Зарија (Zarija), Зарије (Zarije) • Slovak: Zachariáš • Slovenian: Zaharija • Somali: Sakariye, Sekaryaah • Spanish: Zacarías • Swahili: Zakaria • Swedish: Zakarias • Tamil: ஜக்கரியா (Jakkariyā) • Thai: ซาคาเรีย (Sākhāreīy) • Turkish: Zekeriya, Zekeriyya • Ukrainian: Захар (Zakhar), Захарій (Zakhariy), Захарія (Zakhariya) ﺯﮐﺮﯾﺎ :Urdu • (Zʼatşʼaryʼah) זאַטשאַריאַה :Yiddish •

People

Biblical • Several more minor characters, listed at Zechariah (biblical) • Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), a prophet of the kingdom of • Zechariah (priest), the father of John the Baptist • Zechariah ben Jehoiada, martyred son of the High Priest in the times of Ahaziah and Joash • Zechariah of Israel, king of Israel and son of Jeroboam

Medieval era • Zacharias Rhetor or Scholasticus (c. 465-after 536), bishop and author of the Historia Ecclesiastica • Zacharias I of Makuria (c. 722Wikipedia:Please clarify), Nubian ruler • Zachariah (Khazar), 9th century Khagan of the Khazars known to have ruled c. 861 • Zacharias III of Makuria (c. 822-c. 854), Nubian ruler • Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakarīya al-Rāzi (also known as "Razi" and "Rhazes") (865–925), Persian (Iranian) physician, philosopher and scholar • Zacharias of Alexandria (1004–1032), Coptic Pope Zechariah (given name) 3

Modern era • Zacarias, Brazilian actor, regular cast member of comedy film series Os Trapalhões • Zacharias (klepht), (1759–1804), Greek klepht • Zakaria Abdulla, Kurdish singer • Zakaria Botros, Coptic priest from Egypt • Zecharias Frankel, (1801–1875), Bohemian-German rabbi and historian • Zacarias Moussaoui, (born 1968), French-Moroccan man convicted of participation in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks • Zachariah Selwyn, (born 1975), American singer-songwriter, actor, and writer • Zecharia Sitchin, (born 1922), American author promoting the ancient astronaut theory • Zachary Taylor, (1784-1850), 12th President of The United States of America. • Zacharias Topelius, (1818–1898), Finland-Swedish author • Zachary Quinto, (born 1977), American actor and film producer

Fictional characters • Zacharias Smith in the Harry Potter series. • Zack (Zacharias) Lane in the novel Zack by William Bell • Brother Zachariah, the name taken on by James Carstairs in the The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments series • Zachariah, an angel, Castiel's superior in series Supernatural • Zachry, in the novel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell • Zac, the Secret Weapon, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends

References [1] Am Bìoball Gàidhlig (1992) Comann-Bhìoball Dùthchail na h-Alba ISBN 0-901518-10-7

[2] http:/ / www. behindthename. com/ name/ zechariah [3] 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 . Dictionary of American Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN

0-19-508137-4, cited at Ancestry.com (http:/ / www. ancestry. com/ name-origin?surname=cherian). Retrieved 10 July 2012. Article Sources and Contributors 4 Article Sources and Contributors

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