Zakariya

Where Zakariya comes from

From Arabic زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (“Yahweh has remembered”). Doublet of Zachary, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, and Jakariya.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zakariya
  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1989
    First appearance
    #5,165 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #1,128
    189 babies named Zakariya — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic
Namesakes

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