At a Glance
- 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
SAH-kah-reeIPA /ˈsɑːkɑːri/
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