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Захар
“one who remembers Yahweh”
Захар (Zaxár) is a masculine given name from Hebrew, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Belarusian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Zakhar.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Захар goes back to Hebrew זכריה, meaning “one who remembers Yahweh.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Захар comes from Hebrew, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, from Ancient Greek Ζαχαριας.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Захар’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Захар has a diminutive in Заха́рко. In Russian usage, Захар has a conventional equivalent in the German form Zacharias. In Ukrainian usage, Захар has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zakhar.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Захар has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
10 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Захар
- Zakhar PrilepinRussian writer and politician (born 1975)
- Zahar EfimenkoUkrainian chess playerborn 1985
- Zakhar BronRussian musicianborn 1947
- Zakhar PashutinRussian basketball player (born 1974)
- Zakhar Volkovassociation football playerborn 1997
- Zakhar Dmitrievich OlsufievRussian Lieutenant General1772–1835
- Zakhar ChernyshevField Marshal of Russia (1722-1784)
- Zakhar ArzamastsevRussian ice hockey playerborn 1992
- Zachar ŠybiekaBelarusian historianborn 1948
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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