Where does “Zakariya” come from?

Zakariya (Tumbuka) comes from English Zechariah, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה — יהוה has remembered; Yahweh has remembered.

Zakariya (Tumbuka): Zechariah

Definitions

  1. Zechariah

Ancestry of “Zakariya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishZechariahA king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings
2Hebrewזְכַרְיָהיהוה has remembered; Yahweh has remembered
Every word from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה →Every word from English Zechariah →