Given name & surname
Zacharias
“The Lord remembers”
Zacharias is a variant of Zachariah. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord remembers.”
Original GreekΖαχαριας
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zacharias is a variant of Zachariah. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zacharias is a variant of Zachariah. An origin associated with Zachariah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Zacharias, from Koine Greek Ζαχαρίας, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. 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 Zacharias appears in Luke 1:5, 1 Chronicles 24:10.
- Luke 1:5
- 1 Chronicles 24:10
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Zacharias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,074
- 2,074 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 94 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #3,946 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,946 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 48.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 94 in 2016. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,527 as a first name in 2020; 3,467 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.
Zacharias’s family of names
In English usage, Zacharias has a diminutive in Zach. In English usage, Zacharias shares an earlier linguistic root with Zachary. In German usage, Zacharias has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zachery.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zacharias has relatives in 24 languages.
49 related names in 24 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zacharyvariant · English
- Zachariahvariant · English
- Zechariahvariant · English
- Zackdiminutive · English
- Zachdiminutive · English, German
- Zacdiminutive · English
- Zakdiminutive · English
- Zakariasvariant · Danish, Norwegian
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 46
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Zakariyadoublet · English
- Zakariaequivalent
- ZackaryEnglish
- SakariFinnish
- Zacariasdescendant · Portuguese
- ZacheryEnglish
- Zachariaequivalent
- ZahariaRomanian
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- Zachariedescendant · French
- Zaccariadescendant · Italian
- Zackariasequivalent
- SakariaFinnish
- Zekeriyaequivalent
- Zekeriaequivalent
- Sachariasequivalent
- Zakaríaequivalent
- Sakaríasequivalent
- Zakaríasequivalent
- ЗахарияRussian
- ZachariaszPolish
- Zacaríasdescendant · Spanish
- Jakariyadoublet · English
- Sakariasderivative · Finnish, Swedish
- SecharjaGerman
- ЗахарыBelarusian
- ZakariásHungarian
- ЗахарійUkrainian
- ZachariášCzech
- SachairiScots
- ZakrisSwedish
- ZachriesSwedish
- SakrisSwedish, Norwegian
- SakarjaSwedish, Norwegian
- ЗахарRussian
- זְכַרְיָהHebrew
- ΖαχαρίαςGreek
- SakriFinnish
- SakarjFinnish
- SakariiasFinnish
- SahuareiFinnish
- SaharkkaFinnish
- SaharjFinnish
- SakarisFaroese
- ZeĥarjaEsperanto
- Zackery ZechariahEnglish
- ЗахариBulgarian
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zacharias
- Zachris TopeliusFinnish-Swedish author, poet, historian, professor and rector of Helsinki University (1818–1898)
- Zacharias WernerGerman poet, dramatist and priest1768–1823
- Zacharias Rhetor5th–6th century Bishop of Mytilene465–553
- Zacharias JanssenDutch spectacle maker and microscope inventor1580–1630
- Zacharias UrsinusGerman theologian (1534–1583)
- Zacharias Kunukdirector (born 1957)
- Zacharias Wagenaersaxon secretary, painter, then merchant and administrator (1614–1668)
- Zacharias CalliergiGreek Renaissance humanist and scholar (fl. 1499-1523)1473–1525
- Zacharias PapantoniouGreek writer and journalist1877–1940
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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