ZACHARY :
Pronounced: ZAK-a-ree
Origin(s): Hebrew, English
Meaning: Remembered by God, from the Hebrew name Zecharyah meaning “YAHWEH remembers”. U.S. president Zachary Taylor lasted just a year in office and was stricken with cholera morbus and died before he could complete the promised reorganization of his corrupt cabinet. Zachary Walker Hanson was one of a Tulsa-based musical trio of brothers who took over the pop airwaves with their 1997 hit single, “MMMBop.”
ZELDA :
Pronounced: ZEL-da
Origin(s): German, Teutonic, Yiddish
Meaning: Gray haired battle maiden, a short form of GRISELDA, derived from the Germanic elements gris “grey” and hild “battle”. Also means “luck” in Yiddish. American novelist and short-story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald met, fell in love with, and eventually married Zelda Sayre, the daughter of a local judge. Actress Beth Broderick plays Sabrina, the Teenage Witch‘s Aunt Zelda Spellman on the TV series.
Information sources include Behind the Name, Baby Zone, and Fact Monster. I don’t know why I decided to do this little project, but I’m going to post two names each day for the month of October. The names for each day will begin with same letter, and I’ll work my way through the alphabet until I do “Z” on October 26th. The names for the rest of the month will come from reader submissions.
