Zachariah originated from the Hebrew name Zekharyah meaning ‘Yahweh remembers’. It consists of ‘zakhar’ meaning ‘to remember’ and ‘yah’ referring to the Hebrew God.
Zachariah is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Zachariah isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Zachariah ranks 435. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 4 were named Zachariah. In the entire USA, approximately 27,402 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Zachariah. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter Z is quite rare as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.4% of all common boys' names in the US begin with Z. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With nine letters, the name Zachariah is relatively long compared to other names. In fact, 5.6% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly nine letters. 92% of all first names are shorter, while not even 2.5% of all boys’ and girls’ names use ten or more letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 2.4% of all boys' names begin with a Z, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Interesting detail: of all the names that begin with Z, Zachary is the most common.
If your name is Zachariah and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Zachariah, you can simply say:
Zebra
Apple
Cat
Hat
Apple
Rocket
Igloo
Apple
Hat
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Zachariah
Zachariah
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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A
C
H
A
R
I
A
H
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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A
C
H
A
R
I
A
H
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Zachariah sounds like this:
