Zachary
Hebrew at root, from a name meaning "the lord has remembered". Given only to boys and only in recent years, it stays rare enough that most Poles have never met one, and its brief rise has already begun to slip.
Zachary Pronunciation
Zachary is pronounced zah-KHAH-rih (/zaˈxarɨ/).
What Zachary means
Where Zachary comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zachary reaches back to the Hebrew Zekharyah, and the meaning is a small statement of faith: the Lord has remembered. The name belonged to a priest in the Gospel of Luke, the father of John the Baptist, who was struck silent until his son arrived. When he wrote the boy's name on a tablet, his voice returned.
In Poland the name wears an older coat. Zachariasz is the fuller variant, the form you find in a parish register or a church calendar. Zachary is the trimmer English cousin. It travels well.
Read a class register in a Polish school and a Zachary answers, holding a Hebrew sentence he may never translate. The word behind the name is not decoration. It records that someone was remembered by God, and the Polish gloss keeps it plain: Jahwe pamięta.
When Zachary celebrates name day
Zachary appears 5 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 15 March.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Zachary
1 in 24821 men in Poland is named Zachary. 860 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1024 among male names.
Zachary's popularity over time
39 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #400 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2003.
Where Zachary is most popular
Zachary is most popular in Pomeranian, 75% above the national average (37 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+41%) and Warmian-Masurian (+35%). It is least common in Lubusz and Opole, 72% and 70% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian37 boys born+75%
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Lesser Poland46 boys born+41%
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Warmian-Masurian14 boys born+35%
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Masovian68 boys born+33%
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Greater Poland39 boys born+26%
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Silesian36 boys born+10%
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Subcarpathian13 boys born−25%
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Łódź13 boys born−29%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian11 boys born−30%
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Lower Silesian15 boys born−34%
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West Pomeranian6 boys born−51%
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Podlaskie4 boys born−58%
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Lublin5 boys born−66%
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Opole2 boys born−70%
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Lubusz2 boys born−72%
Zachary as a middle name
Zachary is a first name for 860 men in Poland and a middle name for another 165, an 84/16 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 545th, between Giuseppe (165) and Israel (164).
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#543 Conrad165
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#544 Giuseppe165
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#545 Zachary165
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#546 Israel164
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#547 Telesfor163