Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
ZecharyaIn Hebrew: זכריה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: זְכַרְיָהRomanization: z'kharyá
Zecharya (Hebrew: זכריה) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 1,341 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 17 boys and ranked #514. Its peak year was 1949, with 52 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,341
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 17
- rank #514
- Peak year
- 1949
- 52 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Zecharya
In Hebrew letters the name is זכריה, read right to left. Zecharya is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "z'kharyá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Zechariah (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
- Zechariah (a Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets)
- Zechariah (a king of Israel)
From זכר (“has remembered”) + יה (“Yahweh”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Zecharya by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Zecharya
How do you write Zecharya in Hebrew?
Zecharya is written זכריה in Hebrew (with vowel points: זְכַרְיָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "z'kharyá".
How many people in Israel are named Zecharya?
1,341 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name זכריה: 0 women and 1,341 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Zecharya a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named זכריה are men.
What does the name Zecharya mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Zechariah (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)" Etymology: From זכר (“has remembered”) + יה (“Yahweh”).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.