Given name · Ottoman Turkish
زكریا
زكریا (zekeriyyâ) is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman TurkishWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
زكریا comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic زَكَرِيَّا, from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Biblical Hebrew זְכַרְיָה ( zəḵaryā).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
زكریا’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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“triad” · “third”
>99% boys