Zachariah

Hebrew, form of Zechariah

"the Lord has remembered"

Zachariah Origin and Meaning

The name Zachariah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered".

This distinguished name still feels a bit ancient, but with the rise of such former graybeards as Jeremiah and Elijah, it also sounds child-friendly again, as does the Latin-Greek form Zacharias.

Zachariah is a name that was in fairly regular use by the Puritans of the sixteenth century, then was eventually and completely overtaken by the more modern sounding Zachary. But strange as it may seem, Zachariah and Zacharias now seem more au courant than Zachary (even though that name remains more popular).

In the Bible, spelled Zechariah, it is the name of about 30 different personages, one of whom gave his name to the book of Zechariah.

Zarachiah Hobson is a character in the Thackeray novel, The Newcomes.

Zakkai, a Hebrew abbreviation of Zachariah, is another interesting option.

Zachariah Rank in US Top 1000

# 588 in the US

Zachariah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 794 on Nameberry

Zachariah Popularity

• 588 US 2023
• 794 Nameberry 2024
• 380 Future 2028
• 300 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Zachariah

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Zachariah.

• Zechariah
• Zac
• Zaccheus
• Nehemiah
• Zacharias
• Uriah
• Jeremiah
• Josiah
• Zedekiah
• Zachary
• Zion
• Timothy
• Hezekiah
• Ezekiel
• Jedidiah
• Titus
• Zebediah
• Zebedee
• Zeb
• Isaiah

Famous People Named Zachariah

• King Zachariah of Israel son of Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14:29)
• Zachariah grandfather of Judean King Hezekiah (2 Kin. 18:2)
• Zachariah T. Chandler American politician; cofounder of the Republican Party
• Zachariah Allen American manufacturer
• Zachariah Davis "Zack" Wheat American baseball player
• Zachariah "Zach" Montgomery American publisher and orator
• Cyrus Zachariah Shepherd Oppenheim, son of actress Cybill Shepherd; twin brother of Molly Ariel Shepherd,Oppenheim
• Zachariah Nathaniel Wood brother of actor Elijah Wood

Zachariah in Pop Culture

• Zachariah seraph on TV's "Supernatural"
• Zachariah character from the Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
• Brother Zachariah character in the The Mortal Instruments series and the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare