Given name · also Bengali
Jakariya
“Yahweh has remembered”
Jakariya is a masculine given name from Bengali, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in English and Tausug.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jakariya goes back to Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (z'kharyá), meaning “Yahweh has remembered.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Jakariya comes from Bengali, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Bengali জাকারিয়া, from Arabic زَكَرِيَّا, from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (z'kharyá, “Yahweh has remembered”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jakariya’s family of names
In English usage, Jakariya shares an earlier linguistic root with Zachary. In English usage, Jakariya was borrowed from the Bengali form জাকারিয়া. In English usage, Jakariya shares an earlier linguistic root with Zach.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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