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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Zachary m. Hebrew זְכַרְיָה '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. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Sacarie.

England
Latin
● 1155 Acharias (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1
Middle English
● 1420 Acris EEW p. 53
Early Modern English
● 1584 Zachery DEmar-vol2 p. 10; 1589 Zachrie HAmar-vol9 p. 50; 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; c1235 Zacharias (nom) UrkHan 1
Early New High German
● 1497 Zacharias Nurn1497 1132
Italy
Latin
● 1285 Çacharie (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154; 1522x1532 Zacharia (nom) DSF p. 59, 48
Latvia
Latin
● 1291 Zacharie (nom) RigSB 298
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Zachary". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Zachary.