Zakharii
A Ukrainian spelling of the Hebrew name behind Zachariasz, meaning "God remembers". It has only turned up in Poland this decade, given to a handful of boys a year, so meeting one is still a surprise.
Zakharii Pronunciation
Zakharii is pronounced zahk-KHAHR-yee (/zakˈxarji/).
What Zakharii means
Where Zakharii comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zakharii comes from Hebrew, from Zekharyah, which means god remembers, or in Polish jahwe pamięta. The name belonged first to a Hebrew prophet whose short book sits near the close of the minor prophets. In Ukrainian speech the old Hebrew settled into Zakharii, and it is by that Ukrainian coloring that Polish readers now meet the name.
Polish keeps its own form, Zachariasz, the version found in old parish registers and among the carved figures of a Kraków szopka. Set beside it, Zakharii reads as the eastern cousin, closer to Kyiv than to Kraków. Both hold the same idea, that a name can be a small act of remembering.
The meaning is not decoration. To be named Zakharii is to wear a sentence, god remembers, folded into a few syllables. On a form filled out at a Polish urząd, the Ukrainian spelling stands out in the register, and it still unpacks to jahwe pamięta.
How many people are named Zakharii
1 in 57228 men in Poland is named Zakharii. 373 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1540 among male names.
Zakharii's popularity over time
5 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #983 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020.
Where Zakharii is most popular
Zakharii is most popular in Lublin, 602% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Łódź (+468%) and Greater Poland (+235%).
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Lublin2 boys born+602%
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Łódź2 boys born+468%
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Greater Poland2 boys born+235%