Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה), with many variant forms and spellings such as Zachariah and Zacharias , is a theophoric masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning " God /YHWH remembers". It comes from the Hebrew root זכר , meaning to remember, and yah , one of the names of the God of Israel . Though Zechariah is the original transliteration of the name and used in the English translation of the Book of Zechariah , Zachariah, spelled with the letter A instead of the letter E , is more popular, with a common diminutive being Zach (also Zac, Zack, Zackie, and Zak). Due to its religious significance, variants of the name exist in numerous languages, and it is also used as a monastic or papal name .
1-495: Zachary is a male given name, a variant of Zechariah – the name of several biblical characters . Zechariah (given name) The Arabic form of the name, Zakariya, with spelling variants (Zakariyya, Zakaria, Zekaria), is dealt with on a separate dedicated page, Zakariya . The list includes people with the monastic or papal name Zacharias or Zachariah. For people with the Arabic variants of this name, see Zakariya (includes
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