Zakary

Zakary: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“the Lord has remembered”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
ZAK-uh-ree · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Zakary is a variant spelling of Zachary. Zachary comes from Hebrew Zekharyah via Greek and Latin forms.

How popular is Zakary?

20246.6 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Zakary in 202422

2024 rank#4,603 boys

Peak year2002

Total US babies since 18805,595

Zakary is fading: recent use is about 29% of its level ten years before.

Names like Zakary

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • ZacharyYahweh remembers · Hebrew
  • Zackarythe Lord has remembered · Hebrew
  • Zackthe Lord has remembered · Hebrew
  • Zacherythe Lord has remembered · Hebrew
  • ZackeryYahweh remembers · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew

Zakary questions

What does the name Zakary mean?

Zakary means "the Lord has remembered". It comes from Hebrew. Zakary is a variant spelling of Zachary. Zachary comes from Hebrew Zekharyah via Greek and Latin forms.

Is Zakary a boy or girl name?

Zakary is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zakary?

22 US babies were named Zakary in 2024. Its peak year was 2002.

How do you pronounce Zakary?

Zakary is usually pronounced ZAK-uh-ree.

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.