Zakhari is a modern American respelling of Zachary, which goes back to the Hebrew Zekharyah and means "the Lord remembers". The biblical Zechariah was a prophet and, in the New Testament, the father of John the Baptist. The spelling Zakhari was practically unknown in 2000 and rose from number 12066 in 2015 to a peak of number 2498 in 2021; in 2025 it ranks number 2881 with 44 births.