Zach

See also: Żach and zach.

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zæk/

Proper noun

Zach

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Zachariah or Zachary.
    • 2007 December 1, Allan Kozinn, “That Same Old Beat, With Brand-New Choices”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 17 January 2018:
      Here it was the province of an electronic harpsichordlike timbre (presumably from a laptop) and an electric bass, played assertively by Zach Layton and supported by the drummer, David Justh. Mr. Justh added considerable filigree in the course of the 66-minute performance, none sanctioned by the score, but captivating enough to justify its berth.
    • 2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo[2]:
      In his book, Polystate: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Government, Zach Weinersmith speculates about what governments would look like if they didn’t rule over geographic locations, but instead ruled over minds.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From Zachariáš.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzax]

Proper noun

Zach m anim (female equivalent Zachová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

References

  1. ^ Moldanová, Dobrava (2019), Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 220

Further reading

  • Zach”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: Zach

Proper noun

Zach m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Zach f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

  • Zach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030