Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Zachery
“The Lord remembers”
In English use, Zachery has a related form in Zachary. In Hebrew use, Zachary carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Zachery has a related form in Zachary. In Hebrew use, Zachary carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zachery comes from Hebrew, and ultimately from Koine Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zachery through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29,874
- 29,836 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 1,903 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #3,035 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 41 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,035 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,903 in 1993. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,042 as a first name in 2020; 1,681 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.
Zachery’s family of names
In English usage, Zachery has a related form in Zachary. In English usage, Zachery has a conventional equivalent in the German form Zacharias. In English usage, Zachery has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Zacarías.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zachery has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zachery
- Zachery Ty BryanAmerican actorborn 1981
- Zach ZiemekAmerican decathleteborn 1993
- Zachery PeacockAmerican basketball player (born 1987)
- Zack Mitchellice hockey player (1993-)
- Zachery SchubertAustralian beach volleyball player (born 1995)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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