At a Glance: Name: Sakari – Meaning: a short form of Zacharias/Zechariah, so it shares that name's underlying sense of 'the Lord has remembered' – Origin: Finnish – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: SAH-kah-ree
Sakari is a Finnish boy's name meaning “a short form of Zacharias/Zechariah, so it shares that name's underlying sense of 'the Lord has remembered'”. It appears in our list of 200+ Native American Baby Names Honoring Indigenous Heritage.
Meaning & Origin of Sakari
Meaning: A short form of Zacharias/Zechariah, so it shares that name's underlying sense of 'the Lord has remembered'.
Origin: Finnish.
A common claim: Often listed on Hopi/Native-American name lists as meaning 'sweet.' Actually: This appears to conflate the Finnish name Sakari — a short form of Zacharias/Zechariah, meaning 'the Lord has remembered' — with an unrelated Hopi word. The Finnish/biblical derivation is documented; a Hopi meaning of 'sweet' is not.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Sakari
Phonetic: SAH-kah-ree IPA: /ˈsɑːkɑːri/
Popularity of Sakari
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1993–2024.
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