Zakariya (name)

For other uses, see Zakariya.

Zakariya (also transliterated as Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zachariah, Zekariya, Zakaryah etc, Arabic: زَكَرِيَّاء or زَكَرِيَّا) is a masculine given name, the Arabic form of Zechariah which is of Hebrew origin, meaning "God/YHWH has remembered".^[1]

Zakariya (name)

The tomb of Zakariya father of Yahya within the Great Mosque of Aleppo in Syria
Pronunciation	Arabic: [zakariːjaː]
Gender	male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Word/name	Zechariah (Hebrew זְכַרְיָה)
Meaning	God/YHWH has remembered
Region of origin	Arab world, Muslim world
Other names
Alternative spelling	Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zachariah, Zekaria, Zakaryah, Zekeriya etc.
Variant form(s)	Zakarya ((Persian زكريا))
Related names	Zechariah, Zachary

Ancient times

• Zakariya, the father of John the Baptist (Yahya)

Medieval era

• Zakariyya al-Ansari (1420–1520), Egyptian historian and Islamic scholar
• Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203-1283), Persian physician
• Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925), also known as "Razi" and "Rhazes", Persian physician, philosopher and scholar
• Baha-ud-din Zakariya (1170-1262), Pakistani Sufi saint
• Abu Zakariya (1203-1249), founder and first ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya

Modern times

Given name

• Zakaria Abdulla (born 1956?), Kurdish singer
• Zakaria al-Agha (1942–2025), Palestinian politician
• Zakariyya Ahmad (1896–1961), Egyptian musician and composer
• Zakaria Alaoui (born 1966), Moroccan football goalkeeper
• Zakaria Amara (born 1985), accused of plotting terrorist attacks against targets in southern Ontario
• Zakaria Ariffin (1952–2025), Malaysian playwright, theater director and educator
• Zakaria Azmi (born 1938), Egyptian politician
• Zakaria Botros (born 1934), Coptic priest from Egypt
• Zakaria Charara (born 1986), Lebanese footballer
• Zekeria Ebrahimi (born 1996), Afghan actor known for The Kite Runner
• Zakariya Essabar (1977–??), Moroccan al-Qaeda member
• Zakaria Goneim (1905–1959), Egyptian archaeologist
• Zakaria Khan (1915–1975), birth name of Indian actor Jayant
• Zakaria Labyad (born 1993), Moroccan Footballer
• Zakaria Mohieddin (1918–2012), Egyptian military officer, former Prime Minister of Egypt
• Zakariyyā Mūsawiy (born 1968), French citizen convicted of conspiracy to kill
• Zakaria Al Omari (born 1990), Syrian footballer
• Zakaria Pintoo (1943–2024), Bangladeshi footballer
• Zakaria Tamer (born 1931), Syrian author
• Zakaria Zubeidi (born 1976), Palestinian militant leader
• Zakaria Zuffri (born 1975), Indian cricketer

Middle name

• Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi (born 1978), first Saudi female commercial airline pilot
• Muhammad Zakariya al-Kandahlawi (1898-1982), Sunni Muslim scholar of the Indian subcontinent
• Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh (1929–1973), birth name of Malaysian film actor, director and songwriter P. Ramlee
• Wilhelmus Zakaria Johannes (1895–1952), Indonesian doctor
• Samia Zakaria Gutu (born 1955), Harari-Ethiopian diplomat

Surname

• Arif Zakaria (born 1966), Indian actor
• Asif Zakaria, Indian politician
• Damane Zakaria (died 2022), Central African warlord
• Denis Zakaria (born 1996), Swiss footballer of Congolese descent
• Fareed Zakaria (born 1964), Indian-American journalist and author
• Ibrahim Zakaria, multiple people
• Mohammed Zakariya (born 1942), American calligrapher
• Moufdi Zakaria (1908-1977), Algerian poet and writer
• Zuzu Zakaria, Norwegian-Azerbaijani singer and electronic music producer

See also

• Zechariah (given name)
• Zacharias (surname)
• Zechariah (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Zakari
• All pages with titles beginning with Zekeri