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Zachary

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Etymology

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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.[1] Doublet of Zach, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, Zakariya, and Jakariya.

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Proper noun

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Zachary (countable and uncountable, plural Zacharies or Zacharys)

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Esdras 1:39-40:
      Unto whom I will giue for leaders, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, Oseas, Amos, and Micheas, Ioel, Abdias, and Ionas, Nahum, and Abacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharie, and Malachie, which is called also an Angel of the Lord.
    • 1605, William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, published 1870, page 56:
      Albeit in our late Reformation, some of good consideration have brought in Zachary, Malachy, Josias, &c. as better agreeing with our faith, but without contempt of countrey names (as I hope), which have both good and gracious significations,
    • 2003, Alan Grayson, Mile End, PageFree Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 366:
      "Zachary!" Her lips smacked at the name. "That's not a...well,a...Jewish name, is it?"
      "Oh yes, Zechariah, my father was born in the U.S.S.R., in Podolsk, and my mother's family came from Russia also, a long time ago. I suppose it's Russian or something."
      "Russian? It doesn't sound Russian."
      "Well I don't know exactly; my mother liked Zachary Scott in the pictures."
    • 2011 January 25, “Portlandia”, in BOMB‎[1], archived from the original on 6 December 2025:
      Zachary Block chats with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen about their new show, Portlandia, which airs on IFC, Fridays at 10:30.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. A city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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References

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  1. ^ TopoZone: Zachary, Louisiana

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zaˈxa.rɘ/
  • Rhymes: -arɘ
  • Syllabification: Za‧cha‧ry

Etymology 1

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Proper noun

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    Zachary m pers

    1. genitive singular of Zachara (“male surname”)
    2. (deprecative) nominative plural of Zachara (“male surname”)

    Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Proper noun

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      Zachary f

      1. inflection of Zachara (“female surname”):
        1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
        2. genitive singular
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