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Zachary.

A male given name from Hebrew.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈzækəɹi/
  1. A male given name from Hebrew.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From clipped forms of Zachariah and Zacharias + -y, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”) via Latin Zacharias and Koine Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías). As an American city, named after the farmer Darel Zachary who sold the land for a local depot on the Illinois Central Railroad in the 1880s. Doublet of Zach, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, Zakariya, and Jakariya.

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