Meaning of the nameZacarias

Zacarias is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, which reached Portuguese through Greek and Latin and means 'Yahweh remembers'.

Meaning

“Yahweh remembers”

Source: Behind the Name: Zacarias · Behind the Name: Zechariah · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Zacarias

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People (2022): 8,954
Rank in Brazil: #1,851
Median age: 58 years
2010 Census: 11,686; people

Zacarias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Zacarias, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,896 people).

33 women 8,921 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Zacarias is most common

States with the highest share of people named Zacarias in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Tocantins 0.011%
Piauí 0.011%
Pará 0.010%
Amazonas 0.009%
Ceará 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,161	0.003%
Bahia	985	0.007%
Pará	833	0.010%
Ceará	784	0.009%
Minas Gerais	674	0.003%
Maranhão	586	0.009%
Paraná	402	0.004%
Pernambuco	384	0.004%
Amazonas	368	0.009%
Piauí	354	0.011%
Goiás	350	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	287	0.002%
Paraíba	285	0.007%
Rio Grande do Norte	206	0.006%
Mato Grosso	174	0.005%
Tocantins	169	0.011%
Rio Grande do Sul	127	0.001%
Distrito Federal	119	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	118	0.004%
Santa Catarina	110	0.001%
Sergipe	93	0.004%
Rondônia	86	0.005%
Espírito Santo	74	0.002%
Alagoas	68	0.002%
Amapá	59	0.008%
Roraima	57	0.009%
Acre	41	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Zacarias

According to Wiktionary, Zacarias comes from Latin Zacharias, from Koine Greek and from Hebrew, and is, in the Bible, the name of a king of Israel, of a prophet and of the father of John the Baptist. Behind the Name explains Hebrew Zekharyah as zakhar, 'to remember', plus yah, the divine name. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) translates the Hebrew as 'God remembered' and records Zacaria as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,954 people named Zacarias, with a median age of 58.

Sources

Wiktionary: Zacarias · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Zacarias · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Zechariah · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Zacarias · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Zacarias

What does the name Zacarias mean?

Zacarias means “Yahweh remembers”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Zacarias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,954 people with the first name Zacarias, which ranks it number 1,851 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Zacarias a boy's or a girl's name?

Zacarias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 33 women and 8,921 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Zacarias?

Zacarias is a name of Hebrew and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Zacarias most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.011% of the state's population is named Zacarias (169 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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