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.
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 (c. 722), Nubian ruler Zachariah (Khazar), 9th-century Khagan of the Khazars known to have ruled c. 861 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 Zacharias Dolendo (1561–1601), Dutch engraver Zacharias Heyns (1566–1630), Dutch printer and engraver Zacharias Paulusz (c. 1580–1648), Dutch Golden Age portrait painter Zacharias Janssen (1585–c. 1632), Dutch scientist Zacharias Traber (1611–1678), Austrian physician Zacharias Wagenaer (1614–1668), German governor Zacharias Blyhooft (c. 1630–1681), Dutch painter Zacharias Longuelune (1669–1748), French architect Zacharias Allewelt (1682–1744), Danish-Norwegian sea captain Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach (1683–1734), German book collector Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688–1757), German organ builder
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.
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