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Zachary

What does Zachary mean?

Zachary Pronunciation of Zachary as a boys' name is pronounced ZAK-a-ree. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Zachary is "the Lord recalled". Variant of Zachariah; Zachary is one of several names from the Old Testament that have revived into favor in modern times. See also Jacob, Jason, Jared, Jeremy, and Joshua. President Zachary Taylor.

ENDS WITH -ry

ASSOCIATED WITH old, testament (biblical), modern

Variations

VARIANTS Zaccary, Zaccery, Zach, Zacharie, Zachery, Zack, Zackarey, Zackary, Zackery, Zak, Zakari, Zakary, Zackery

SEE ALSO Zeke

RELATED FORMS VIA JACOB, JARED, JASON, JEREMY, JOSHUA, ZACHARIAH Zacaria, Zacary, Zaccaria, Zachaios, Zacharia, Zacharias, Zacheus, Zakery

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Zachary Rogan (Z.R.), ..

How popular is Zachary?

Zachary is a very popular first name for men (#181 out of 1220, Top 15%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#5008 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Zachary was first listed in 1910-1919 and reached its apex position of #12 in the U.S. in the year 1994, and is at #109 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Zachary name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Zachary outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent alternative forms of Zachary (#109 A YEAR AGO) rated in the Top 2000 are Jacob (#13), Jared (#367), Jason (#100), Jeremy (#204), Joshua (#41), Zacary, Zach, Zacharia, Zachariah (#484), Zacharias, Zacharie, Zachery (#1996), Zack (#1191), Zackary (#1003), Zackery (#1838), Zak, Zakari (#1164), Zakary, Zakery and Zeke (#642). Other variants, like Zaccaria, are seldom used. These relations of Zachary reached the top of their popularity 4 decades ago (MEDIAN #1065) and have become significantly less popular since (#1197, 72.3%), with versions such as Zakary becoming less trendy. Zachariah and Zeke are two of the more fashionable names for newborns in this list.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Zachary, Jacob, Jared, Jason, Jeremy in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Joshua, Zacary, Zach, Zacharia, Zachariah in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Zacharias, Zacharie, Zachery, Zack, Zackary in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Zackery, Zakari, Zakary, Zakery, Zeke in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Zachary, Jacob, Jared, Jason, Jeremy outside U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Joshua, Zach, Zak outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Machenry, Makary, Sachar, Zafar, Zahavi, Zahir, Zahur and Zaphar. These names tend to be less commonly used than Zachary.

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