Boy · Hebrew, through Greek
Zacchaeus
Say it: za-KEE-us
Meaning
Greek form of a Hebrew name related to zakkai 'pure, innocent'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Found in 17th- and 18th-century New England records.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 1,716 babies given this name since 1974
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 27,500 boys
- 62 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Zaccheus
| French | Zachée |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Zaqueo |
| Italian | Zaccheo |
| Portuguese | Zaqueu |
| German | Zachäus |
| Polish | Zacheusz |
Famous bearers
- Zacchaeus, tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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