Zachary
Appearance
Pronunciation | /ˈzækəri/ |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | English |
Origin | |
Meaning | Remembered by God |
Region of origin | Ancient Israel |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Zackary, Zacary, Zakary, Zakkary |
Variant form(s) | Zechariah, Zakariya |
Nickname(s) | Zack, Zach, Zak, Zac |
Zachary is a male given name, a variant of Zechariah – the name of several Biblical characters.
People
- Pope Zachary (679–752), Pope of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752
- Zachary of Vienne (died 106), bishop of Vienne (France), martyr and Roman Catholic saint
- Zachary Babington (died 1745), High Sheriff of Staffordshire and barrister
- Zak Bagans (born 1977), American television host, author, documentary filmmaker and paranormal investigator
- Zachary James Baker, stage name Zacky Vengeance, rhythm guitarist for American rock band Avenged Sevenfold
- Zachary Bell (born 1982), Canadian racing cyclist
- Zachary Bennett (born 1980), Canadian actor and musician
- Zachary Boyd (1585–1653), Scottish religious writer
- Zachary Brooke (theologian) (1716–88), English clergyman and academic
- Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883–1946), British medieval historian and writer
- Zachery Ty Bryan (born 1981), American actor
- Zachary Adam Chesser (born 1989), American convert to Islam who pleaded guilty to aiding a terrorist organization
- Zachary Taylor Davis (1872–1946), American architect
- Zachary Donohue (born 1991), American ice dancer
- Zac Efron (born 1987), American actor and singer
- Zachary Fisher (1910–99), Jewish American philanthropist and real estate developer
- Zachary Gordon (born 1998), American actor
- Zachary Gray, a member of the Canadian indie rock band The Zolas
- Zack Hample (born 1977), Major League baseball collector
- Zac Hanson (born 1985), American musician, member of the pop rock band Hanson
- Zachary "Zach" Hyman (born 1992), Canadian NHL ice hockey player
- Zachary Knighton (born 1978), American actor
- Zachary Lansdowne (1888–1925), US Navy officer and early naval aviator
- Zachary Lemnios (born 1955), American scientist, inventor and former US government Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
- Zachary Levi (born 1980), American actor, director and singer best known as the star of the TV series Chuck
- Zachary Macaulay (1768–1838), Scottish abolitionist
- Zachary "Zack" Merrick (born 1988), bassist for All Time Low
- Zachary Mudge (1770–1852), Royal Navy admiral
- Zachary Pearce (1690–1774), Anglican bishop and writer
- Zachary Quinto (born 1977), American actor and producer
- Zachary Smith Reynolds (1911–32), American amateur aviator and youngest child of R. J. Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Zachary Richard (born 1950), American Cajun singer-songwriter and poet
- Zachary Scott (1914–65), American actor
- Zachary Cole Smith (born 1984), singer and frontman of DIIV
- Zachary John (Zip, Zipper)Shearer born 1984, Mad Dog Chef
- Zachary Stevens born 1966), American heavy metal and rock singer
- Zachary Taylor (1784–1850), 12th President of the United States and US Army major general
- Zachary Taylor (Tennessee politician), (1849–1921), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
- Zachary Taylor (baseball), American first baseman in the National Association for the 1874 Baltimore Canaries
- Zachary Test (born 1989), American rugby union player
- Zachary Turner (2002–03), one-year-old murdered by his mother (see Murder of Zachary Turner)
- Zachary "Zack" Weiss (born 1992), American Major League Baseball player
- Zachary Wohlman (born 1988), American boxer
- Zachary Wyatt (born 1984), former member of the Missouri House of Representatives and only openly gay American Republican legislator
Fictional characters
- Zachary Hale Comstock, primary antagonist of the video game BioShock Infinite
- Zachary “Zach” Dempsey, a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Zachary Gray in the young adult novels of Madeleine L'Engle
- Zachary "Zack" Morris in the sitcoms Good Morning, Miss Bliss and the Saved by the Bell series
- Dr. Zachary Smith in the 1960s TV show Lost in Space
- Zachary "Zack" Taylor in the Power Rangers universe
- Zachary Zatara in the DC Comics universe
- Zackary Marker, the Cardcaptors name for the Cardcaptor Sakura character Takashi Yamazaki, voiced by Andrew Francis