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Zechariah

Zechariah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Yahweh remembers”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
zek-uh-RYE-uh · 4 syllables
Used for
Boys

Zechariah is a biblical name from Hebrew Zekharyah. It appears in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, and Zachariah is a common variant spelling.

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How popular is Zechariah?

202478.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Zechariah in 2024261

2024 rank#899 boys

Peak year2015

Total US babies since 188011,072

Zechariah has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Zechariah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Zachariahthe Lord has remembered · Hebrew
  • ZakariyaGod has remembered · Arabic
  • ZakariaGod has remembered · Arabic
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew

Zechariah questions

What does the name Zechariah mean?

Zechariah means "Yahweh remembers". It comes from Hebrew. Zechariah is a biblical name from Hebrew Zekharyah. It appears in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, and Zachariah is a common variant spelling.

Is Zechariah a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Zechariah?

261 US babies were named Zechariah in 2024. Its peak year was 2015.

How do you pronounce Zechariah?

Zechariah is usually pronounced zek-uh-RYE-uh.

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.