The zacharias Surname
zacharias Name Meaning and History
German, Greek, English, etc.: from the New Testament Greek Biblical
personal name Zacharias, Aramaic and Hebrew Zecharya,
composed of the elements zechar ‘to remember’ + ya
‘God’. This name was borne by a Biblical prophet and in the New
Testament by the father of John the Baptist, for which reason it
achieved a modest popularity among Gentiles during the Middle
Ages. It is found as a Jewish name, and as a
personal name among Christians in India. In the U.S. it is used as a
last name among families from southern India.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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