Given name
Zakarias
“The Lord remembers”
Zakarias is a variant of Zachariah. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord remembers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zakarias is a variant of Zachariah. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zakarias is a variant of Zachariah. An origin associated with Zachariah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zakarias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 47
- 47 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,973 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,973 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zakarias’s family of names
In Danish usage, Zakarias has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zachary. Zakarias has a related form in Zachariah. In Basque usage, Zakarias has a conventional equivalent in the French form Zacharie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zakarias has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zakarias
- Zakarias TallrothSwedish amateur wrestlerborn 1985
- Zakarias TormóðssonPrime Minister of the Faroe Islands1600–1628
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