Given name & surname
Zacarias
“The Lord remembers”
Zacarias is a variant of Zachariah. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord remembers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zacarias is a variant of Zachariah. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zacarias is a variant of Zachariah. An origin associated with Zachariah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zacarias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,132
- 1,132 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #2,939 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,939 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 46 in 2010. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,828 as a first name in 2020; 5,933 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zacarias’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Zacarias has a diminutive in CARIAS. In Portuguese usage, Zacarias has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zachary. Zacarias has a related form in Zachariah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zacarias has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zacarias
- Zacarias KamwenhoAngolan Roman Catholic Archbishop1934–2026
- Zacharias of Jerusalempatriarch of Jerusalem550–632
- Zacarias da CostaEast Timorese politicianborn 1964
- Zacarias de Góis e VasconcelosBrazilian politician (1815-1877)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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