Sakarias
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, also spelled Zakarias; both forms are rather rare.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sakarias (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sakarias has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 7 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 130 |
| 2000 | 145 |
| 2001 | 153 |
| 2002 | 158 |
| 2003 | 171 |
| 2004 | 183 |
| 2005 | 187 |
| 2006 | 200 |
| 2007 | 209 |
| 2008 | 218 |
| 2009 | 225 |
| 2010 | 227 |
| 2011 | 242 |
| 2012 | 248 |
| 2013 | 256 |
| 2014 | 260 |
| 2015 | 272 |
| 2016 | 275 |
| 2017 | 288 |
| 2018 | 295 |
| 2019 | 309 |
| 2020 | 316 |
Sakarias in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sakarias.Hi! My name is Sakarias.
- Har du träffat Sakarias? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Sakarias? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Sakarias i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Sakarias this afternoon.
- Sakarias mamma är lärare.Sakarias's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sakarias mamma is Sakarias's mum. Because Sakarias already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Sakarias
How do you pronounce Sakarias in Swedish?
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What does the name Sakarias mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, also spelled Zakarias; both forms are rather rare.
How popular is Sakarias in Sweden?
7 babies were named Sakarias in 2022. In 2020, 316 people in Sweden had Sakarias as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.