Where the spelling 재커리 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 재커리 for Zachary.
People in the list with this given name:
- 러빈, 재커리 — LaVine, Zachary
- 올레드, 콜린 (재커리) — Allred, Colin (Zachary)
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Zachary means
Zachary by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 68, 199,442 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 재커리: 2.
Korean names for Zachary
These are the converter’s results for Zachary as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박재하Park JaehaBoy’s name · 71% sound match
박재경Park JaegyeongUsed for boys and girls · 70% sound match
박지호Park JihoBoy’s name · 61% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics