Zakaria
Meaning of Zakaria
Zakaria, pronounced zah-KAH-ree-ah in Arabic or zah-KAR-ee-uh in English, is the Arabic-Persian rendering of the ancient Hebrew Zechariah, carrying the quietly reassuring meaning “God has remembered.” The name threads its way through Qur’anic and Biblical narratives alike—an agreeable reminder that scholarship can harmonize where politics sometimes stumbles—and Persian literature adds a dash of saffron by celebrating Zakaria as a symbol of patient wisdom. In the United States, its popularity graph resembles a well-tended garden rather than a firework: hovering in the 700–800 range for four decades, never showy, yet reliably present—rather like the friend who never forgets your birthday but declines to make a speech about it. Linguistically concise, culturally expansive, and historically resonant, Zakaria offers parents a name that bridges faith traditions, suits a cosmopolitan tongue, and wears its centuries with understated grace.
Pronunciation
Arabic
- Pronunced as zah-KAH-ree-ah (/za.ka.ri.a/)
English
- Pronunced as zah-KAR-ee-uh (/zæ.kɑ.ri.ʌ/)
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Notable People Named Zakaria
| Zakaria Zubeidi is a Palestinian militant who once led the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin. |
| Zakaria Ariffin was a Malaysian playwright, theatre director and teacher. |
| Zakaria Sulaiman - Zakaria bin Haji Sulaiman was a Bruneian aristocrat and politician who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and later as Minister of Communications. |
| Zakaria Zerouali was a defender who played football for Morocco. |
| Zakaria Diallo is a French Senegalese footballer who plays centre back and is currently a free agent. |
| Zakaria Bakradze was a Georgian general who served the Democratic Republic of Georgia and later the Polish Army. |
| Zakaria Khan Chowdhury was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who served in parliament representing Habiganj-2. |
| Zakaria Chol Gideon Gakmar was a Sudanese SPLM politician who won a seat in the Lakes State Legislative Assembly in 2010. |
