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Zechariah

masculine

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Evidence coverageLimited

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Ancient Hebrew, from זְכַרְיָה (Zeḵarya).

What to know

longer name — may get clipped on forms or shortened informally

Popularity

Uncommon — #856 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Zechariah means "Yahweh remembers", from Hebrew roots combining zaḵar ("to remember") and yah (short form of the Hebrew name for God).

Documented origin: Ancient Hebrew, from זְכַרְיָה (Zeḵarya).

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

TurkishNo strong structural signal of Turkish/English divergence for this spelling.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanNo strong structural signal of German/English divergence for this spelling.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: highbased on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Popularity without panic

Uncommon#856 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

  • Spelling note: Zechariah (with "e" in the second syllable) is frequently confused with the near-identical Zachariah and Zacharias spellings (with "a")..
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