Zachary 
Hebrew, "God remembered"
Twenty or thirty years ago, Zachary was seen as an old-fashioned name for a grizzly prospector or mountain man ("Rough and Ready" President Zachary Taylor served from 1849-1850). But around 1990, parents started realizing that a z was just as cool a letter as x, and Zachary has been chasing Alexander in popularity ever since.

Variations
Zackery, Zacharie, Zakery, Zachory, Zachariah, Zacary, Zachery, Zackary, Zakary, Zachury
Nicknames
Zackie, Zacky, Zackey, Zak, Zack, Zach, Zac, Zeke
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