Zechariah

Hebrew

"the Lord has remembered"

Zechariah Origin and Meaning

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

Zechariah is actually the original Biblical form of the name more often found these days as Zachariah, probably because of the popularity of Zachary. People are going to have trouble getting Zechariah because they won't understand the Zech part. This name, in whatever form, begs to be shortened in the modern world to Zach (or Zac or Zack).

Zechariah Rank in US Top 1000

# 916 in the US

Zechariah Popularity

• 916 US 2023
• 644 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Zechariah

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• Joziah
• Zakai
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• Zayne
• Zachariah
• Jaxen
• Jarrett
• Zaccheus
• Jubal
• Uriah
• Winnafred
• Zakary
• Zafar
• Kealynn
• Lindbergh
• Neryss
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• Jadia
• Jacindia
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Famous People Named Zechariah

• Zechariah son of Jehiel; great,uncle of King Saul (1 Chr. 9:37)
• Zechariah of the tribe of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:7)
• Zechariah Levite in King David's day (1 Chr. 16:5)
• Zechariah father of Jahaziel; a Levite (2 Chr. 20:14)
• Zechariah prince in King Jehoshaphat's time (2 Chr. 17:7)
• Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest (2 Chr. 24:20)
• Zechariah "who had understanding in the visions of God"; lived in the reign of Judean King Uzziah (2 Chr. 26:5)
• Zechariah grandfather of Judean King Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:1)
• Zechariah son of Jeberechiah (Isaiah 8:2)
• Zechariah son of Asaph; Levite in King Hezekiah's day (2 Chr. 29:13)
• Zechariah king of Israel
• Zechariah Levite overseer of Temple repairers in King Josiah's day (2 Chr. 34:12)
• Zechariah father of Uzziah; grandfather of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4)
• Zechariah of the sons of Elam (Ezra 10:23)
• Zechariah porter of the door of the Tabernacle; son of Meshelemiah (1 Chr. 9:21)
• Zechariah son of Bebai; returned to Israel with Ezra (Ezra 8:11)
• Zechariah Biblical figure; father of John the Baptist; a priest of the sons of Aaron; prophet (Luke 1:67,79)
• Zechariah Chafee American First Amendment scholar
• Xavier Zechariah Wade (b. 2013) son of basketball player Dwyane Wade

Zechariah in Pop Culture

• Zechariah thirty,eighth book in the Bible