Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Meaning and origin of Zachary

The boy's name Zachary \z(a)-cha-ry\ is pronounced ZAK-a-ree. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning 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.

Zachary has 12 variant forms: Zaccary, Zaccery, Zach, Zacharie, Zachery, Zack, Zackarey, Zackary, Zackery, Zak, Zakari and Zakary.

For more information, see also the related name Zeke.

Baby names that sound like Zachary are Zacary, Sachar and Zacharia.

Zachary is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
-www.thinkbabynames.com

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