Zacharias

Zacharias is a male given name , which also occurs as a family name . Name day is September 23 .

Origin and meaning of the name

Hebrew : the Lord has remembered (me)

variants

Arabic : زكرياء Zakariyya ' زكريا Zakariyya
Afghan: ذكر (Zaker) or ذكر (Zakir) er
Bulgarian : Захари (Zahari)
English : Zachary, Zachery, Zechariah
Finnish : Sakari
French : Zacharie
Georgian : ზაქარია (Zaqaria)
Greek : Zαχαριας (Zacharias)
Italian : Zaccaria
Polish : Zachariasz
Russian : Захар (Sachar)
Swedish : Sakarias
Serbian : Захарије (Zaharije)
Spanish : Zacarias
Turkish : Zekeriya or Zekeriyya

Known bearers of first names

Zacharias Ben Jojada , (also Zechariah), biblical person
Zacharias (father of John) , biblical person (around 1)
Zacharias (Jerusalem) , Patriarch of Jerusalem (609–631)
Zacharias (Nobatia) , Nubian king (around 650)
Zacharias (Pope) (around 679-752)
Zacharias of Mytilene , church historian (6th century)
Zacharias of Vienne , bishop (3rd century)
Zacharias Brendel the Elder (1553–1626), German philosopher, physicist, physician and botanist
Zacharias Brendel the Younger (1592–1638), German physician and chemist
Zacharias Frankel (1801–1875), moderately reform-oriented rabbi
Zacharias Füllsack (* around 1570; † 1616), German trombonist, composer and lutenist
Zacharias Garcaeus (1544–1586), German theologian, lawyer and historian
Zacharias Geizkofler (1560–1617), Reichspfennigmeister of the Holy Roman Empire
Zacharias Grape (the Elder) (1637–1679), German Lutheran theologian
Zacharias Grape (the younger) (1671–1713), professor of physics and metaphysics as well as theology
Zacharias Hegewald (1596–1639), German sculptor
Zacharias Heinesen (* 1936), contemporary Faroese painter
Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688–1757), German organ builder
Zacharias Janssen (around 1588, † around 1631), Dutch optician
Zacharias Kallierges (* around 1473, † after 1524), Greek typographer and printer
Zacharias Kniller (1611–1675), German portrait painter
Zacharias Kunuk (* 1957), Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter from the Inuit ethnic group
Zacharias Longuelune (1669–1748), French architect and architectural draftsman
Zacharias Lund (1608–1667), German-speaking poet of the Baroque period in Denmark
Zacharias von Neuhaus (1527–1589), Chamberlain and Governor of Moravia
Zacharias Orth (around 1530; † 1579), classical philologist
Zacharias Oppenheimer (1830–1904), German physician and professor
Zacharias Preen (* 1965), German actor
Zacharias Prueschenck von Lindenhofen (1610–1678), German legal scholar, statesman and minister
Zacharias Schilter (1541–1604), German Lutheran theologian
Zacharias Stampeel (1654–1731), German Lutheran theologian, educator and librarian
Zacharias Steinel (1657–1710), Protestant clergyman
Zacharias Topelius (1818–1898), Finnish-Swedish writer, poet, journalist and historian
Zacharias Konrad von Uffenbach (1683–1734), Frankfurt patrician, lay judge and councilor
Zacharias Ursinus (1534–1583), Reformed theologian and reformer
Zacharias Vogel (1708–1772), German doctor
Zacharias Wagner (1614–1668), German-Dutch adventurer, traveler, illustrator, businessman, holder of various offices and honorary positions
Zacharias Werner (1768–1823), German poet, playwright and pastor
Zacharias Wolf (1667–1726), German military leader

Nickname Zac

Zac Dalpe (* 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
Zac Efron (* 1987), American actor
Zac Posen (* 1980), American fashion designer
Zac Purchase (* 1986), British rower
Zac Rinaldo (* 1990), Canadian ice hockey player

Nickname Zach

Zach de Beer (1928–1999), South African politician, doctor and businessman
Zach Bell (* 1982), Canadian cyclist
Zach Bogosian (* 1990), American ice hockey defender of Armenian descent
Zach Boychuk (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
Zach Braff (* 1975), American actor, director and screenwriter
Zach Brock (* 1974), American jazz violinist
Zach Cregger (born 1981), American actor
Zach Tyler Eisen (born 1993), American actor
Zach Ertz (born 1990), American football player
Zach Freeman (born 1985), American basketball player
Zach Galifianakis (born 1969), American comedian and film actor
Zach Galligan (born 1964), American actor
Zach Garrett (* 1995), American archer
Zach Grenier (born 1954), American actor
Zach Gilford (born 1982), American actor
Zach Hall (* 1984), American biathlete
Zach Hamill (* 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
Zach Hughes (1928-2016), American science fiction writer
Zach Johnson (born 1976), American golfer
Zach Lapidus (* ≈1980), American jazz musician
Zach Morley (born 1983), American basketball player
Zach Parise (* 1984), American ice hockey player
Zach Randolph (born 1981), American basketball player
Zach Roerig (born 1985), American actor
Zach Staenberg (* 1951), American film editor
Zach Wells (* 1981), American football goalkeeper
Zach Whyte (1898–1967), American jazz band leader and banjo player

Nickname Zack

Zack de la Rocha (* 1970), American singer
Zack Hemsey (* 1983), American composer and music producer
Zack Michalowski, stage name of the German actor Volker Michalowski
Zack Phillips (* 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
Zack Smith (* 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
Zack Snyder (born 1966), American director
Zack Space (born 1961), American politician
Zack Steffen (* 1995), American football player
Zack Stortini (* 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
Zack Torquato (* 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
Zack Ward (born 1970), Canadian actor
Zack Whiting (* 1984), American basketball player
Zack Wright (born 1985), American basketball player

Called name Zacchaeus

Zacchaeus , biblical person
Zacchaeus (Jerusalem) (also: Zacharias; † 116?), Patriarch of Jerusalem , saint
Zacchaeus from Horrich (1561–1633), priest and official in the Archdiocese of Cologne
Zacchäus Faber the Elder (1554–1628), German hymn poet
Zacchäus Faber the Younger (1583–1632), German hymn poet

Nickname Zachary

Zachary Anderson (born 1991), Australian soccer player
Zachary Breaux (1960–1997), American jazz guitarist
Zachary Knighton (* 1978), American actor
Zachary Levi (born 1980), American actor
Zachary Quinto (born 1977), American actor
Zachary Scott (1914–1965), American actor
Zachary Stevens (born 1966), American rock singer
Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), 12th President of the United States of America
Zachary Williams (* 1994), American actor

Nickname Zachery

Zachery Peacock (* 1987), American basketball player
Zachery Ty Bryan (born 1981), American actor

Spread of the family name

Almost 2000 families in Germany and Austria bear this name. In Germany it is particularly common in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district and the Börde district .

Bearer of the family name

Name form Zacharias

Adolf Nicolaus Zacharias (1858–1931), German lawyer and Hamburg MP
Alfred Zacharias (1901–1998), German educator, graphic artist and writer
Ann Zacharias (* 1956), Swedish actress, screenwriter and director
Ann-Christin Zacharias (* 1975), German basketball player
Bernard Zacharias (* 1929), French writer and jazz musician
Christian Zacharias (* 1950), German pianist and conductor
Christoph Zacharias (* 1962), German economist
David Zacharias (1871-1915), German painter
Dietmar Zacharias (* 1959), German biologist and professor for applied and ecological botany at the University of Bremen
Eddi Zacharias , German film actor
Eduard Zacharias (1852–1911), German botanist
Emil Zacharias (1867–1944), German chemist
Emil Otto Zacharias ; (1846–1916), German zoologist, plankton researcher, journalist, popular science author, see Otto Zacharias
Ernst Zacharias (1924–2020), German musician and engineer
Georg Zacharias (1886–1953), German swimmer
Günther Zacharias (1924–1970), German journalist
Helmut Zacharias (1920–2002), German violinist
Isabell Zacharias (* 1965), German politician (SPD)
Jerrold Zacharias (1905–1986), American nuclear physicist
Maj-Britt Zacharias (* 1973), German basketball player
Margit Zacharias (* 1957), German physicist
Marie Zacharias (1828–1907), German draftsman
Max Zacharias (1873–1962), German mathematician
Michael Zacharias (* 1945), German professor of marketing
Olympia Zacharias (* 1986), Nauruan track and field athlete
Otti Zacharias (1906–1981), German photographer
Otto Zacharias (1846–1916), German zoologist, plankton researcher, journalist
Ravi Zacharias (1946–2020), religious scholar
Ruth Zacharias (* 1940), German Protestant pastor and author
Steffen Zacharias (1927–1989), Greek actor
Stephan Zacharias (* 1956), German composer
Sylvia Zacharias (* 1944), German journalist
Thomas Zacharias (artist) (* 1930), German artist, art historian and university lecturer
Thomas Zacharias (athlete) (born 1947), German athlete
Thorsten Zacharias (* 1965), German handball Bundesliga referee
Walter Zacharias (1919–2000), German artist
Wanda Zacharias (1931–2008), German painter and illustrator
Wolfgang Zacharias (1941–2018), German art and culture educator

Name form Zachary

Frank Zachary († 2015), American journalist and art director
Hugh Zachary (1928-2016), American science fiction writer
Nadia Zachary , Egyptian Minister for Scientific Research since 2011

Name form Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria (* 1964), Indian-American journalist
Rafiq Zakaria (1920–2005), Indian politician, lawyer and author

Web links

Wiktionary: Zacharias - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations