Given name & surname
Zaccheus
“The Lord remembers”
Zaccheus is a variant of Zacchaeus. In Hebrew use, Zacchaeus carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Original GreekΖακχαιος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zaccheus is a variant of Zacchaeus. In Hebrew use, Zacchaeus carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zaccheus connects to the Zachariah name family through Zacchaeus. An origin associated with Zachariah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb zakar (זכר), “to remember.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Zaccheus appears in Luke 19:2, Luke 19:9, Luke 19:5 and 1 other passage.
- Luke 19:2
- Luke 19:9
- Luke 19:5
- Luke 19:8
From biblical name research
Zaccheus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 488
- 488 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,961 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −82%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,961 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 395 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zaccheus’s family of names
Zaccheus has a related form in Zacchaeus.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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