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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Zachary m. Hebrew היָרְכַזְ 'God has remembered'.

The name of one of the Biblical prophets and of the father of John the Baptist, a 2nd C martyr, an 8th C Nubian king, an 8th C pope, a 9th C Nubian king, a 9th C khagan of the Khazars, and an 11th C saint. Wyclif (1395): Sacarie.

England
English
● 1584 Zachery DEmar-vol2 p. 10; 1594 Sachery StAnthonlin p. 36; 1595 Sachery ibid. p. 37; 1596 Zachary DEmar-vol2 p. 33; 1599 Zachary ibid. p. 42
France
Latin
● 1115x1149 Zacharias (nom) CartStPC X; 1126 Zacharias (nom) ibid. IV
Germany
Latin
● 858 Zachariae (gen) HambUrk-vol1 XIV; 865 Zachariae (gen) ibid. XIX; 1192 Zacharias (nom) quix-vol1 40
Early New High German
● 1497 Zacharias Nurn1497 1132
Italy
Latin
● 1285 Çacharie (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154
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