Given name
Zechariah
“God has remembered”
Zechariah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has remembered.”
Original Hebrewזכריה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God has remembered.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Zechariah appears in 2 Kings 14:29, 2 Kings 15:10.
- 2 Kings 14:29
- 2 Kings 15:10
From biblical name research
Zechariah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,369
- 11,351 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 394 babies
- 2025
- 290
- #856 for boys · #17,255 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 285 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 856 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 394 in 2015. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (46). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,229 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.
Zechariah’s family of names
In English usage, Zechariah shares an earlier linguistic root with Zachary. In English usage, Zechariah has a related form in Zachariah. Zechariah has a related form in Zachary.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zechariah has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
11 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Zakariyadoublet · English
- Zakariaequivalent
- Sakariequivalent
- Zachdoublet · English
- Zacariasequivalent
- Zachariaequivalent
- Zakariasequivalent
- ZacharieFrench
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- Zaccariaequivalent
- זכריהequivalent
- സക്കരിയ്യequivalent
- ज़करिय्याequivalent
- زكریاequivalent
- സക്കറിയequivalent
- Sechareiaequivalent
- Зәкәриәequivalent
- Зәкарияequivalent
- Зәкәрияequivalent
- Зэчэрыеequivalent
- זכריהוequivalent
- Զաքարիաequivalent
- Zekeriyaequivalent
- Zakariásequivalent
- ZachariaszPolish
- ZacaríasSpanish
- Jakariyadoublet · English
- SecharjaGerman
- Zachariášequivalent
- Zekeriaequivalent
- Sakariasequivalent
- Sachariasequivalent
- Sakaríasequivalent
- Zakaríasequivalent
- Zakaríaequivalent
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zechariah
- Zechariah BaumelAmerican-Israeli soldier in the Israel Defense Forces1960–1982
- Zech MedleyEnglish association football playerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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