Zakariyyā
زَكَرِيَّا
Say it za-ka-RIY-yaa
Name of the Prophet Zakariyyā (peace be upon him)
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Not Arabic in origin
- In English
- Zechariah
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 3:37, 6:85, 19:2 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Zakariya, Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zachariah
Meaning & source
We have not found a meaning we can source, so we do not give one.
Al-Suyūṭī calls it a non-Arabic name with five spellings. We found no classical source in our cache that gives its meaning.
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وَزَكَرِيَّا اسْمٌ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَفِيهِ خَمْسُ لُغَاتٍ
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Zakariyyā (peace be upon him) Qurʾān 3:37