Given name
Zakhar
“The Lord remembers”
Zakhar is a variant of Zachariah. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord remembers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zakhar is a variant of Zachariah. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zakhar 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 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zakhar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 66 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,795 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,795 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 305 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zakhar’s family of names
In English usage, Zakhar shares an earlier linguistic root with Zachary. Zakhar has a related form in Zachariah. In English usage, Zakhar has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Заха́р.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zakhar has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zakhar
- Zakhar PrilepinRussian writer and politician (born 1975)
- Zahar EfimenkoUkrainian chess playerborn 1985
- Zakhar BronRussian musicianborn 1947
- Zakhar PashutinRussian basketball player (born 1974)
- Zakhar Volkovassociation football playerborn 1997
- Zakhar Dmitrievich OlsufievRussian Lieutenant General1772–1835
- Zakhar ChernyshevField Marshal of Russia (1722-1784)
- Zakhariy KalashovRussian mobsterborn 1953
- Zakhar ArzamastsevRussian ice hockey playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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