Given name & surname
Zakaria
“God is remembered”
Zakaria is a variant of Zacharie. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is remembered.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zakaria is a variant of Zacharie. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is remembered.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zakaria is a variant of Zacharie. An origin associated with Zacharie is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic زَكَرِيَّا, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zakaria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,349
- 2,883 boys · 466 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 175 babies
- 2025
- 114
- #1,528 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 92% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 114 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,528 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 145 in 2017. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,456 as a first name in 2020; 1,264 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.
Zakaria’s family of names
In Swahili usage, Zakaria has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zachary. Zakaria has a related form in Zacharie. In Hawaiian usage, Zakaria has a conventional equivalent in the French form Zacharie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zakaria has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zakaria
- Zakaria AboukhlalFootballer (born 2000)
- Zakaria BakkaliBelgian footballerborn 1996
- Zakaria LabyadDutch-born Moroccan footballerborn 1993
- Zakaria TamerSyrian Writer of Short stories, Newspaper Columnist, Newspaper Editorborn 1931
- Zakaria ChihabOlympic wrestler1926–1984
- Zakaria MohieddinEgyptian military officer and politician (1918–2012)
- Zakaria BeglarishviliEstonian-Georgian association football player (born 1990)
- Zakaria El HachimiMoroccan association football playerborn 1987
- Zakaria AlaouiMoroccan footballerborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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