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
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: Zacharias - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations