Given name & surname
Zaharia
Zaharia is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Romanian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zaharia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 93
- 0 boys · 93 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,897 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,897 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141 as a first name in 2020; 304 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.
Zaharia’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Zaharia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zachary. In Romanian usage, Zaharia has a conventional equivalent in the French form Zacharie. In Romanian usage, Zaharia has a conventional equivalent in the German form Zacharias.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Zaharia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zaharia
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