Zechariah, with many variant forms and spellings such as Zachariah and Zachary and many diminutive forms including Zach and Zack, is a theophoric masculine given name of Hebrew origin, in which Zəkharyā (זְכַרְיָה) means "God/YHWH remembers" or "has remembered". It comes from the Hebrew roots zakhar (זכר), meaning to remember, and Yah (יָהּ), one of the names of the God of Israel. The Tanakh has two major Zechariahs, a king of Israel and a prophet, and the New Testament includes a third, a priest who fathered John the Baptist and is revered as a prophet in Islam.
Although the Hebrew name is now often transliterated Zechariah in modern editions of the Bible, Zachariah, Zachary, and other forms spelled with the letter A rather than E are much more common in the personal names of many languages owing to the Koine Greek form Zakhariás (Ζαχαρίας), the Latin form Zacharias, and the Arabic form Zakariyyā (زكريا), used in the influential Septuagint and Vulgate editions of the Bible and in the Qur'an. These forms have also been further reinforced by their subsequent use by numerous saints, rulers, and clans and by their use as the religious names of monks and popes.
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People
The list includes people with the monastic or papal name Zacharias or Zachariah.
Biblical
Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), a prophet of the kingdom of Judah
Zechariah (New Testament figure), the father of John the Baptist, also mentioned in the Quran as Zakariya
Minor Bible characters
Zechariah (list of biblical figures)#Minor characters lists several minor figures
Zechariah ben Jehoiada, son of the High Priest from the times of Ahaziah and Joash, martyred by the latter
Zechariah of Israel, king of Israel (reigned for 6 months in c. 752 BCE), son of Jeroboam
Orthodox saints, venerables, martyrs
Venerable Martyr Zacharias, by drowning in the sea, Orthodox saint and hosiomartyr commemorated on 21 October
Zacharias the Martyr, by drowning in the sea, Orthodox martyr, commemorated on October 22 (either same as, or different from, saint commemorated on 21 October)
Zachariah (d. 724), one of the 63 Martyrs of Jerusalem, Orthodox saint and martyr commemorated on October 21
Venerable Zachariah the Recluse of Egypt, Orthodox saint commemorated on 24 March
Venerable Zachariah, Faster of the Kiev Caves (12th century), Orthodox saint commemorated on 24 March
New Martyr Zachariah of Patrai in Morea (d. 1782)
Antiquity through early modern period
In chronological order:
Zacharias of Vienne (died 106), Bishop of Vienne
Zacharias Rhetor or Scholasticus (c. 465-after 536), bishop of Mytilene and author of the Historia Ecclesiastica
Zacharias of Jerusalem (fl. 609–632), patriarch of Jerusalem, Orthodox saint
Pope Zachary (679–752), also known as Zacharias (Gr., Lat.), the last Greek pope (741–752)
Zacharias I of Makuria (fl. 722), Nubian king
Zacharias III of Makuria (c. 822-c. 854), Nubian ruler
Zachariah (Khazar), 9th century khagan of the Khazars known to have ruled c. 861
Zacharias I of Armenia (died 876), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Pope Zacharias of Alexandria (1004–1032), Coptic pope
Zacharias Chrysopolitanus (died c. 1155), Greek scholar
Zacharias Ferreri (1479–1524), Italian monk and papal legate
Zacharias Calliergi (fl. 1499–1515), Greek Renaissance humanist and scholar
Zacharias Ursinus (1534–1583), German theologian
Zacharias Stopius (born c. 1535), Latvian astronomer
Single name (modern)
Zacharia, pen name of Paul Zacharia (born 1945), Indian writer of Malayalam literature
Zachariah or Zachariah Selwyn (born 1975), American singer-songwriter, actor, and writer
Zacarias, stage name of Brazilian comedian Mauro Faccio Gonçalves, cast member of comedy series Os Trapalhões
Zacarías (el Perico), performing name of Mexican professional wrestler Mini Máximo (born 1989)
Zacharias (klepht), (1759–1804), Greek klepht
Zakarias, pen-name of Finnish writer Adéle Weman (1844–1936)
Late modern and contemporary (born after 1750)
Arranged by order of the last name.
Zacharias Adoni (born 1999), Cypriot footballer
Zacharias Aprem (born 1966), Indian bishop
Zacharias Athanasios (1909–1977), Syro-Malankara Catholic bishop
Zacharias Barbitsiotis (1759–1804), Greek revolutionary
Zaqueri Black (born 1992), a.k.a. Aphromoo, e-Sports support
Zackery Bowen (died 2006), whose murder of Adriane "Addie" Hall and subsequent suicide are prominently featured in Ethan Brown's 2009 book Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans
Zachariah Branch (born 2004), American football player
Zacharias Chaliabalias (1946–2020), Greek footballer
Zacharias Charalambous (born 1971), Cypriot footballer
Zacarías Colque (born 1967), Bolivian politician
Zacharias Dase (1824–1861), German mental calculator
Zacharias "Zack" de la Rocha (born 1970), American singer-songwriter and activist; vocalist of Rage Against the Machine
Zaachariaha Fielding, Australian musician in the duo Electric Fields
Zecharias Frankel, (1801–1875), Bohemian-German rabbi and historian
Fictional characters
Zachariah in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Brother Zachariah, the name taken on by James Carstairs in the series The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments
Zachariah (Supernatural), an angel in the American TV series Supernatural
Zacharias Smith in the Harry Potter series
Zachory Taylor in The Secret Life of Bees
Zachariah Trench, central character in Control (video game)
Zacharias “Zack” Lane in the novel Zack by William Bell