Sakariye
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-ka-REE-yeh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Sakariye is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God remembers”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sakariye mean?
Hebrew: Somali form of Zechariah
“God remembers”
Somali form of Zakariya, the Arabic version of Zechariah, a prophet in the Quran and the Bible.
Is Sakariye a girl's or a boy's name?
Sakariye is a boys' name.
How popular is Sakariye in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sakariye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sakariye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
Names like Sakariye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saif, Hassan, Uzair, Hamza, Samir, Samuel, Abdirahman, Suhaib, Abdullahi, Sahil, Shah, Saeed
Names related to Sakariye
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sakariye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sakariye, updated 20 October 2026.