Zachary
Meaning of Zachary
Zachary is an English form of Zacharias, the Greek and Latin version of the Hebrew name Zechariah, which means "God remembers." It is pronounced ZAK-uh-ree.
In the Bible, the prophet Zechariah gives his name to an Old Testament book, and in the Gospel of Luke a priest named Zechariah is the father of John the Baptist. Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States, and actor Zachary Quinto is known for playing Spock in the Star Trek films.
In the U.S., Zachary ranked only 342nd in 1970 but then climbed steadily. It had its record year in 1993, with 25,538 babies, and reached its highest rank, 12th, in 1994. Since then it has declined, and in 2025 it ranked 216th, with 1,646 babies.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as ZAK-uh-ree (/ˈzækəri/)
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Notable People Named Zachary
| Zachary Levi Pugh is an American actor best known for playing Chuck Bartowski on Chuck and the title hero in the Shazam films. |
| Zachary Quinto is an American actor best known for Sylar on Heroes and Spock in the Star Trek films, Emmy nominated for American Horror Story, and the star and producer of the NBC drama Brilliant Minds. |
| Zachary Fucale is a Canadian goaltender for HC Dinamo Minsk in the KHL, a 2013 second round pick of the Montreal Canadiens, and a former Washington Capitals player. |
| American scientist and executive Zachary John Lemnios served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, first CTO of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, IBM research vice president, and founder of ZJL Consulting. |
| Zachary Laoutides is a Chicago born American actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker who co founded Ave Fenix Pictures in 2014 and created the la raza style, working with urban youth to tell their own stories. |
| Zachary Scott was an American actor known for portraying villains and mysterious men. |
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| Zachary Knighton is an American actor best known for Happy Endings and Magnum PI, with other starring roles in FlashForward, Life on a Stick, and Weird Loners. |
| Zachary Crofton 1626 to 1672 was an Anglo Irish nonconforming minister and controversialist active in England from the 1640s. |
| Zachary Burr Abel is an American actor best known for playing Carter Anderson on the ABC Family series Make It or Break It, a role that earned him a Teen Choice Award nomination. |
| Zachary Pangelinan is an American rugby union international for the United States who plays for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby and previously played soccer. |
| Zachary Thomas Fardon served as US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from October 23, 2013 to March 13, 2017. |
| Zachary Mainen - Zachary F. Mainen is an American neuroscientist who studies how the brain makes decisions. |
| Zachary Bayly was an English-born Jamaican planter and politician. |
| Zachary David Massey was an American physician and politician who represented the 1st congressional district of Tennessee in 1910 and 1911. |
| Zachary Green, known as Zachary Wentz, is an American pro wrestler signed to TNA as part of The Rascalz who also appears on WWE NXT, previously competed as Nash Carter from 2020 to 2022, and has notable work in PWG. |
