Zak or Zac

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Just that really. Not shortenings, as stand alone names.

I have a Zach who's a Zachariah.

Zac - as in Zac Efron

I have a Zach!! I wanted Zachary but husband thought it was too religious.

Zach every time.

Zack

Just to confuse, I know a Zaq

God I hate the letter Z, this entire thread looks like a zip.

Zac. Zak looks like the name of a 90s kids magazine. Zac is definitely the better of the two, although I prefer Zach.

Zac

I prefer Zak, short for Zakaria (one of the various spellings from Hebrew/Arabic).

Zac reminds me of sac, which in turn sounds very delicate.

I dunno, I think I like Zak better. It makes the "k" sound more definite, which is necessary if you don't have the full name to fall back on.

Though I'll confess I'm not a fan of the "nicknames as a name" trend. They lose their meaning if they're used as full names instead of nicknames imho. Plus, using the full name on the birth certificate means you have choices- you can use either the full name or the nickname, depending on your mood - whereas if you have only the nickname you're stuck.

What about Zack?

I prefer Zac I think! Zak seems kind of American maybe.

In order of preference:
Zachariah
Zacharias
Zechariah
Zachary
Zach
Zack
Zac
Zak

Zac

They both look and sound like comic sounds. They don't travel well to other languages.

I only like Zachary or Zacharias.

Zach

Zac

James.

I have a Zac, I love it and we have had no issues with people spelling it.

People on this board are exceptionally rude when you have asked only as a choice between two. Given many of the rather "out there" names around today, Zac/Zak is rather mild and inoffensive to say the least!

For us, it was simply that the Zak spelling looked a bit harsh I think.

I have a 14 year old called Zak and it's the only way i like how it's spelt x

Zac looks better

I'd also prefer Zach but Zac is better than Zak.

Zach looks like it should be pronounced za-ch like such or much.

Zac looks like it should have an h at the end. Zak is nice and simple x

Zac. I would assume it’s short for Isaac.