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Zakari

Zakari: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God has remembered”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
zuh-KAR-ee · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (90% of all uses)

Variant of Zachary/Zakariya, from Hebrew Zekharyah. This spelling is also found influenced by Arabic Zakariyya.

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How popular is Zakari?

202463.0 per million US babies
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Babies named Zakari in 2024209

2024 rank#1,095 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18802,512

Zakari is rising: use over the last five years is 3.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zakari

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Zakari questions

What does the name Zakari mean?

Zakari means "God has remembered". It comes from Hebrew. Variant of Zachary/Zakariya, from Hebrew Zekharyah. This spelling is also found influenced by Arabic Zakariyya.

Is Zakari a boy or girl name?

Zakari is mainly a boy's name in US records (90% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zakari?

209 US babies were named Zakari in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Zakari?

Zakari is usually pronounced zuh-KAR-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.