Zach

See also: zach, Żach, and zach.

English

Alternative forms

• Zac, Zack, Zak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zæk/

Proper noun

Zach

1. A diminutive of the male given names Zachariah and 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

• CHAZ, Chaz, cazh

Czech

Etymology

From Zachariáš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzax]

Proper noun

Zach m anim (female equivalent Zachová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Zach (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Zach	Zachové
genitive	Zacha	Zachů
dative	Zachovi	Zachům
accusative	Zacha	Zachy
vocative	Zachu	Zachové
locative	Zachovi	Zaších
instrumental	Zachem	Zachy

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

Declension of Zach

	singular	plural
nominative	Zach	Zachowie
genitive	Zacha	Zachów
dative	Zachowi	Zachom
accusative	Zacha	Zachów
instrumental	Zachem	Zachami
locative	Zachu	Zachach
vocative	Zachu	Zachowie

Proper noun

Zach f (indeclinable, traditional married form Zachowa, traditional unmarried form Zachówna)

1. a female surname

Further reading

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