Given name & surname

Zakarian

Zakarian is a surname from Armenian.

Original ArmenianԶաքարյան

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Zakarian comes from Armenian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Armenian Զաքարյան.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zakarian through the years

Babies since 1880
10
10 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2010
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Zakarian in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2010–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 717 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.

Zakarian’s family of names

In English usage, Zakarian as a surname has a related form in ZAKARYAN. In Greek usage, Zakarian as a surname is a transliteration of Ζακαριάν. In English usage, Zakarian as a surname was borrowed from the Armenian form Զաքարյան.

Walk Zakarian’s family in the name graph

ZakarianΖακαριάνZakaryanԶաքարյան

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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