Zakariah or Zakariya - votes please

[fromheretomaternity]

Finally DH and I have agreed on a name for DS2 after 2 weeks of just being called 'baby'. He will be called Zak but his full name will be either Zakariah or Zakariya (mixed race Asian /White and needs Muslim name, so Zachary etc not an option).

We can't agree on which spelling to use. Votes please with reasons!

First.

Is better.

First. Second one looks like a brand of car.
First one is recognisable and easier to pronounce.

Also second looks like girl's name.

First one. :)

My son is Zachariah - is that an option? Otherwise I would suggest the first one.

First is better.

Is Zachariah really not an option, or can you never use names as they are spelt in The Book?

< Genuine question - I can see the why Abraham becomes Ibrahim as the pronunciation changes, but these two seem to be homophones. It may therefore be widely seen as a "trendy" spelling rather than a religious choice. >

First one. Although I too am intrigued by the homophone angle. Congrats on your little boy!

Zakariah is great! Love Zaki as nn. Congrats :)

Zakariah is my favourite. Great name choice and congrats! :)

Not sure we can do Zachariah - not religious but to do with the way the name translates into Arabic and then into English.

Any more...?

Congratulations! Zak is a lovely name.
Definitely Zakariah as the spelling though.
The second one looks like a trendy spelling or girl's name.
(Spelled with 'ch' would be more common in Britain.)

fromheretomaternity I am having same problem. I am expecting my second baby and again we do not have a boys name. Luckily first one was a girl.

I am Muslim not British but South African and DH is white British. He likes the name and reason why I am also going for the name is because I do not want his side of the family to struggle to pronounce his name. But I looked it up and the Arabic spelling is Zakariya or Zakariyya. Have a look here. But I think its totally up to both of you.

First spelling without a doubt.

First.

first one, although Zachariah is better.

First

First - if you really must

the 2nd one zakariya. imo with the first one people will be more likely to miss pronounce. im presuming u are pronouncing it the muslim way? but with the h ending one people might say zak-a-rye-a instead of zak-a-ree-a if you get how i mean? also you dont really need a h based on the original spelling in arabic so zakariya is more logical imo

its a nice name, i used to always want this name for a boy, although now ended up with 2 boys non of them called zakariya but still like it.

& congrats :)

zakariya = nice name, pity the parents were illiterate

Zachariah

google

The boy's name Zachariah \z(a)-cha-

riah\ is pronounced zak-a-RYE-ah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Zachariah is "the Lord recalled". Variant of Zechariah. Biblical: the name of 31 men, including the prophet who wrote the Book of Zechariah. Zacarias is a Spanish and Portuguese form.

Zachariah has 30 variant forms: Zacaria, Zacarias, Zacary, Zaccaria, Zaccariah, Zaccheus, Zach, Zachaios, Zacharia, Zacharias, Zacharie, Zachary, Zacherish, Zachery, Zacheus, Zack, Zackariah, Zackerias, Zackery, Zackie, Zak, Zakarias, Zakarie, Zakariyyah, Zakery, Zechariah, Zecheriah, Zekariah, Zekeriah and Zeke.

sausage monster how is it illiterate? if you read the OP she has explained it's a muslim name, its not a "wrong" spelling, and nothing to do with illiteracy. do you not think that is a bit ignorant to say?

I like the first - it's cool. The second I would presume was a girl, if I saw it written down.

i would go with the second, if you want Zak as a nn it makes more sense to have a Zak than a Zach,

Zakariah