Name meaning and origin

Zachary

Hebrew: God has remembered, remembered by God

Where the name comes from

  • Hebrew
    God has remembered, remembered by God
    זְכַרְיָה (Zekharyah) from זָכַר (zakhar, to remember) + יָה (Yah, God)

Zachary across traditions

  • Biblical. Prophet Zechariah, father of John the Baptist
  • Jewish. Post-exilic prophet, visions of Messianic age
  • Christian. Father of John the Baptist, struck mute until naming son

Forms in other languages

Zach, Zack, Zac, Zechariah, Zachariah, Zakariya

Zachary in letter-number systems

Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.

227
Hebrew Standard
2
Hebrew Ordinal
82
English Simple
492
English Sumerian
107
English Reverse
537
Greek Isopsephy
2
Chaldean
1
Pythagorean

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