Given name
Zachaeus
“The Lord remembers”
Zachaeus is a variant of Zacchaeus. In Hebrew use, Zacchaeus carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zachaeus is a variant of Zacchaeus. In Hebrew use, Zacchaeus carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zachaeus connects to the Zachariah name family through Zacchaeus. 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 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zachaeus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zachaeus’s family of names
Zachaeus has a related form in Zacchaeus. In Latin usage, Zachaeus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Zacheusz.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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