Zakariya
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning god remembers; Arabic form of Zacharias.
Zakariya by the numbers
In 2025, 421 babies in England and Wales were named Zakariya. In the US, 106 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 117 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Zacharias
Like Zakariya, each of these traces back to Zacharias: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Zachgod remembers; diminutive of Zacharias94 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zachariasthe lord has remembered75 in the US (2017)
- Zakariahgod has remembered; form of Zacharias20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sakarigod has remembered; Finnish form of Zacharias28 in the US (2017)
- Zachariathe lord remembers; a form of Zacharias7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaharigod has remembered; form of Zacharias9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zacharithe Lord has remembered; form of Zacharias12 in the US (2017)
- Zachariethe Lord has remembered; French form of Zacharias4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zakariya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zakariagod remembers; a form of Zacharias74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakariyyagod remembers, the lord is renowned73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakariyahgod remembers; a form of zacharias52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakariyegod remembers; a form of Zakaria3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zackariyagod remembers; a form of Zacharias11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakaryathe lord has remembered; Arabic form of Zachary3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean God
Like Zakariya, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Zakariya
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