Sachar as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sachar

What is the meaning of the name Sachar ?

The baby name Sachar is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈsɑːxɑr/ or /ˈsækər/ (SAH-khar or SAK-er).

Sachar is Hebrew in Origin.

Sachar is a cross-cultural name with several plausible origins. In Hebrew it can reflect two roots: sachar (שָׂכָר), meaning “wage, reward,” and shachar/shahar (שחר), “dawn”; older European transliterations sometimes reduced sh- to s-, yielding Sachar. In Slavic contexts it may represent a form of Zakhar/Zachar, ultimately linked to Zechariah, “Yahweh has remembered.”

As a given name, Sachar is rare but attested in Jewish communities and modern Israel, and appears in some Bible translations as Sacar/Sachar among Davidic-era names. It is far more familiar as a surname - borne, for example, by the American author Louis Sachar - and also occurs in North India (especially Punjabi Khatri/Arora families), where it is associated with sach, “truth,” and is occasionally adopted as a first name. Related or variant forms include Sacar, Sakar, Sakhar, Sacher, Shachar/Shahar, Sahar, Zakhar/Zachar; Sahar/Shachar serves as a common feminine counterpart.

⚙ Sachar is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Sachar appears only 10 times in total — found in 8 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.