Zakariya
The Arabic form of the Hebrew name Zechariah, meaning "god has remembered". Fewer than 30 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Zakariya Pronunciation
Zakariya is pronounced zah-kahr-YIH-ah (/zakarˈjɨa/).
What Zakariya means
Where Zakariya comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zakariya begins in Hebrew, in the old name Zechariah. It joins the verb for remembering to the name of God, and the sense reads plainly: God has remembered. The short Polish gloss keeps that promise, bóg pamiętał.
The Arabic form is the one most families know. Zakariya appears in the Quran as a prophet, the father of Yahya, and that reading gave the name its long life across the Muslim world. Hebrew root, Arabic voice. No diminutive softens it, and no separate feminine walks beside it. The name stands as one word.
In a Polish class register, Zakariya sits among the Jakubs and Zuzannas, a spelling the teacher reads twice. The boy who carries it holds a claim older than either language around him: he was remembered. That is what the name says, God has remembered.
How many people are named Zakariya
1 in 790600 men in Poland is named Zakariya. 27 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8201 among male names.
Zakariya's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Zakariya as a middle name
Zakariya is a first name for 27 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, an 82/18 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4526th, between Zacharias (6) and Zamir (6).
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#4524 Yvan6
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#4525 Zacharias6
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#4526 Zakariya6
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#4527 Zamir6
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#4528 Zenek6