Zachery

Where Zachery comes from

The dictionaries list Zachery as a given name — alternative form of Zachary, a male given name from Hebrew and a surname transferred from the given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #3,668 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Zachery Ty Bryan born
    American actor
  3. 1987
    Zachery Peacock born
    American basketball player
  4. 1993
    Peak, #167
    1,903 babies named Zachery — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #309.
In the dictionary
  • Alternative form of Zachary, a male given name from Hebrew and a surname transferred from the given name.
Namesakes
  • Zachery Ty Bryan · American actor, born 1981
  • Zachery Peacock · American basketball player, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.