Given name & surname
Zakari
“The Lord remembers”
Zakari is a variant of Zachary. In Hebrew use, Zachary carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zakari is a variant of Zachary. In Hebrew use, Zachary carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zakari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,729
- 2,472 boys · 257 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 228 babies
- 2025
- 215
- #1,062 for boys · #10,900 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +28%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 93% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 206 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,062 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,243 as a first name in 2020; 184 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.
Zakari’s family of names
Zakari has a related form in Zachary. In Haitian Creole usage, Zakari has a conventional equivalent in the French form Zacharie. In Haitian Creole usage, Zakari has a conventional equivalent in the German form SECHARJA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zakari
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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