Zac
From Hebrew, carrying the sense "god has remembered". In Poland it stays rare: only about 35 men bear it, and newborns almost never get it now.
Zac Pronunciation
Zac is pronounced ZAHTS (/zat͡s/).
What Zac means
Where Zac comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zac begins in Hebrew, a clipped form of Zachariah, which spells out the phrase "God has remembered." The older name comes from Zekharyah, built from a verb meaning to remember and a form of the divine name. So the meaning is a small sentence rather than a label for a person.
For a long time the fuller name traveled through English usage, and the short Zac settled in during the twentieth century. English speakers gave it its everyday feel. Zac reads as friendly. It fits on a name tag and a football roster with equal ease.
In a Polish szkoła the name lands as an English guest among Kacpers and Szymons. A teacher reading the class register might pause at Zac before moving on. The name still says what it always said: God has remembered.
How many people are named Zac
1 in 609891 men in Poland is named Zac. 35 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6804 among male names.
Zac's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Zac as a middle name
Zac is a first name for 35 men in Poland and a middle name for another 10, a 78/22 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3214th, between Yogeshkumar (10) and Zeus (10).
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#3212 Yehia10
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#3213 Yogeshkumar10
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#3214 Zac10
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#3215 Zeus10
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#3216 Ziggy10