Zachary Forename
7,750th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 134,413 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands
Zachary Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah is renowned’, the name of a king of Israel, and also of a prophet (whose name appears in Authorized Version of the Bible as Zechariah, a better spelling). Zachary seems to have been used occasionally in the Middle Ages, cf.
Read More About This ForenameZachary Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 111,517 | 1:3,251 | 551 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,516 | 1:5,438 | 838 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,529 | 1:13,101 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | 99% | 1,706 | 1:24,008 | 1,832 |
| England | 100% | 1,613 | 1:34,472 | 1,852 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,448 | 1:48,388 | 5,251 |
| Australia | - | 923 | 1:14,797 | 1,172 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 611 | 1:35,369 | 2,597 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 410 | 1:74,268 | 5,629 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Haiti | 100% | 384 | 1:27,935 | 2,138 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 379 | 1:468,508 | 15,047 |
| Philippines | 91% | 352 | 1:301,163 | 11,772 |
| Ghana | 100% | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| New Zealand | - | 239 | 1:18,979 | 1,535 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 212 | 1:348,243 | 13,378 |
| China | - | 199 | 1:6,864,602 | 59,344 |
| South Africa | 97% | 176 | 1:309,845 | 17,332 |
| Brazil | 100% | 136 | 1:1,575,266 | 35,879 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 107 | 1:76,190 | 7,201 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 105 | 1:99,345 | 5,177 |
| Singapore | 100% | 104 | 1:60,452 | 6,836 |
| Germany | 100% | 87 | 1:1,111,240 | 8,313 |
| Israel | 99% | 85 | 1:98,858 | 4,328 |
| Guam | - | 80 | 1:2,008 | 435 |
| Japan | - | 80 | 1:1,599,826 | 18,068 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 79 | 1:17,233 | 2,156 |
| France | 100% | 68 | 1:977,505 | 7,751 |
| Wales | 100% | 66 | 1:46,883 | 1,691 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Namibia | - | 56 | 1:42,932 | 2,822 |
| Scotland | 100% | 56 | 1:95,542 | 2,303 |
| Mexico | 74% | 55 | 1:2,257,171 | 12,720 |
| Hong Kong | - | 53 | 1:146,278 | 3,051 |
| Sweden | 100% | 48 | 1:205,373 | 7,085 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| India | 100% | 39 | 1:31,150,717 | 630,417 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 39 | 1:774,408 | 18,104 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Italy | 100% | 32 | 1:1,908,190 | 13,475 |
| Ireland | 100% | 28 | 1:165,840 | 3,486 |
| Ecuador | - | 27 | 1:656,553 | 6,193 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 26 | 1:593,224 | 25,219 |
| Czechia | 100% | 25 | 1:426,246 | 2,332 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 24 | 1:1,359,313 | 14,542 |
| Chile | 82% | 24 | 1:733,634 | 7,584 |
| South Korea | - | 22 | 1:252,019 | 8,670 |
| Spain | 100% | 22 | 1:2,114,998 | 11,922 |
| Benin | 100% | 20 | 1:528,792 | 17,134 |
| Greece | 100% | 20 | 1:546,727 | 7,050 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:3,406 | 692 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 18 | 1:939,005 | 16,684 |
| Panama | 100% | 18 | 1:217,031 | 8,112 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 18 | 1:9,879 | 1,352 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 18 | 1:2,932,684 | 23,284 |
| Denmark | - | 17 | 1:332,323 | 6,094 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Finland | 100% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 16 | 1:1,485,605 | 45,572 |
| Russia | 100% | 15 | 1:9,615,580 | 37,191 |
| Qatar | 100% | 13 | 1:182,277 | 21,851 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 13 | 1:8,583 | 1,271 |
| Jamaica | - | 12 | 1:240,269 | 7,382 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Colombia | 100% | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Micronesia | - | 9 | 1:11,833 | 566 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Norway | 100% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Belize | 100% | 8 | 1:44,289 | 3,463 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Nicaragua | 50% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Peru | 71% | 7 | 1:4,541,636 | 34,195 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Barbados | - | 5 | 1:57,958 | 2,168 |
| Indonesia | - | 5 | 1:51,592,734 | 871,495 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Costa Rica | 75% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
Zachary (11,589) may also be a surname.
Zachary Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah is renowned’, the name of a king of Israel, and also of a prophet (whose name appears in Authorized Version of the Bible as Zechariah, a better spelling). Zachary seems to have been used occasionally in the Middle Ages, cf. the surname Zachary, which is recorded from the 16th C. It became popular with the 17th-C Puritans and lingered on in country use until recently.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
This is a typical English simplification of Zachariah and Zach arias; in C19-20, it has been more common than those two names, but it, too, is becoming rare. The only notable Englishman thus named or, rather, the only one with whom memory claims acquaintance at the moment—is the early C19 philanthropist, Zachary Macaulay, the wealthy merchant who, not content with fathering the eminent historian, opposed the slave-traffic.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A name derived from the Scripture Zachariah, in Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, Z’kharyáh; from zakhár-Yah, whom Jehovah remembers, remembered of Jehovah.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Zachary Forename Popularity
Zachary Demographics
Average Male Zachary Height
177.5 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 6,661 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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