Given name & surname · Russian

Захария

“one who remembers Yahweh”

Захария is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Russian.

RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Zachariah.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Захария goes back to Hebrew זכריה, meaning “one who remembers Yahweh.”

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Where it comes from

Захария comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew זכריה.

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Захария’s family of names

In Russian usage, Захария has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zachariah. In Russian usage, Захария has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Zacarias. In Russian usage, Захария has a conventional equivalent in the French form Zacharie.

Walk Захария’s family in the name graph

ЗахарияΖαχαρίαΖαχαριάZahariâЗахарЗахарийZachariahZacariasZachariasZacharieZaccariaZachariaszSecharjaזכריהZacaríasSakarja

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Захария has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

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Hebrewwhere Захария comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 11

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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