Given name & surname · also Turkish
Zekeriya
Zekeriya is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Zekeriya comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish زكریا (zekeriyyâ), from Arabic زَكَرِيَّا, from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Biblical Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Zekeriya’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Zekeriya has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zachary. In Turkish usage, Zekeriya has a conventional equivalent in the French form Zacharie. In Turkish usage, Zekeriya has a conventional equivalent in the German form SECHARJA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zekeriya has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 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 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zekeriya
- Zekeriya AlpTurkish association football player (born 1948)
- Zekeriya GüçlüTurkish wrestler (1972–2010)
- Zachariahking of Khazaria
- Zekeriya SertelTurkish journalist (1890–1980)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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