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 parents choose Zachary
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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Pomeranian
+75%1 in 3,982 babies
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Lesser Poland
+41%1 in 4,933 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
+35%1 in 5,128 babies
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Lubusz
−72%1 in 24,829 babies
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Opole
−70%1 in 23,048 babies
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Lublin
−66%1 in 20,535 babies
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Pomeranian+75% 37 born1 in 3,982 babies+75%
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Lesser Poland+41% 46 born1 in 4,933 babies+41%
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Warmian-Masurian+35% 14 born1 in 5,128 babies+35%
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Masovian+33% 68 born1 in 5,210 babies+33%
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Greater Poland+26% 39 born1 in 5,519 babies+26%
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Silesian+10% 36 born1 in 6,322 babies+10%
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Subcarpathian−25% 13 born1 in 9,274 babies−25%
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Łódź−29% 13 born1 in 9,748 babies−29%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−30% 11 born1 in 9,944 babies−30%
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Lower Silesian−34% 15 born1 in 10,476 babies−34%
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West Pomeranian−51% 6 born1 in 14,071 babies−51%
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Podlaskie−58% 4 born1 in 16,447 babies−58%
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Lublin−66% 5 born1 in 20,535 babies−66%
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Opole−70% 2 born1 in 23,048 babies−70%
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Lubusz−72% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies−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