Forename Zakariya

Around the globe, Zakariya (زكريا , Zakariya , زكرياء ) is a widespread predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly first name. The first name Zakariya is characteristic of Syria, where it is a common boy's name, Morocco, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but scarcely feminine name, and Libya (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Egypt, Nigeria, and Morocco. Also, Zakariya is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Zakariya is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Zakariya

name Žakariya, name Zakariýa, name Закария, name Закарийа, name Zakarīyā, name Zàkariyà, name Zâkariya, name ซะการียา, name زەکەریا, name Zâkâriyâ, name Zãkariya, name Źakariya, name ហ្សាការីយ៉ា, name Zàkariya, name زكرياء, name Zaķariýa, name Бакр, name জাকারিয়া, name زكريا, name Zàkàriya, name Zàkàriyà, name Zakariya, name Zakarïya, name Zakariyà, name Мухаммад, name Закарія, name Zãkãriyã, name ザカリヤ

VARIANT	COUNTRY
زكريا	Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Syria
Zakariya	Morocco, Indonesia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Algeria
زكرياء	Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria
Закария	Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Zakariyà, Zakariýa, Zakarïya, Zakarīyā, Zaķariýa, Zàkariya, Zàkariyà, Zàkàriya, Zàkàriyà, Zâkariya, Zâkâriyâ, Zãkariya, Zãkãriyã, Źakariya, Žakariya, Бакр, Закарийа, Закарія, Мухаммад, زەکەریا, জাকারিয়া, ซะการียา, ហ្សាការីយ៉ា, and ザカリヤ

First name Zakariya in the context

Zakariya is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zichariah , the Biblical prophet and Zechariah ben Jehoiada , the a figure in the Hebrew Bible described as a priest who was stoned to death by Jehoash of Judah.

Notable namesakes

	zakariya abdullah LY (b. 1480)
	zakariya gouram French actor, FR (b. 1953)
	zakariya mohammed Director, IN (b. 1988)
	ahmad zakariya ID (b. 1960)
	zakariya essabar al-Qaeda planner, MA (b. 1977)
	zakariya maimalari Nigerian brigadier-general, NE
	zakariya oraibi Ph.D. University of Missouri - Columbia 2019
	zakariya farajzadeh researcher
	zakariya armstrong khaleel master's degree, University of Washington, 2019
	zakariya qawaqneh Ph.D. University of Bridgeport 2017
	zakariya yahya algamal researcher
	zakariya nawasreh researcher
	zakariya ibn adam Islamic scholar from 8th century
	zakariya essabar (b. 1977)
	zakariya abarouai French Footballer, FR (b. 1994)