Zikhri (זִכְרִי) is a personal name meaning "remembered by God" or "my remembrance." It derives from zakar (H2142, to remember), one of Scripture's most theologically laden verbs. Multiple men bear this name in the Hebrew Bible, primarily in Chronicles and Nehemiah.
Zakar — to remember — is not a passive mental act in Hebrew theology. When God "remembers" (zakar), He acts. "God remembered Noah" (Gen. 8:1) and sent the flood to recede. "God remembered Rachel" (Gen. 30:22) and opened her womb. The name Zikhri is thus a declaration of faith: I am one God remembers; I am not forgotten. In a culture without written records for common people, being "remembered by God" was the ultimate security. The opposite — to be forgotten by God — was the deepest terror (Psalm 88:5).
The name Zikhri has at least 12 bearers in the OT, suggesting its popularity as a faith confession. It belongs to a family of names encoding theological trust: Zekaryah (Zechariah) means "YHWH has remembered." To name a child "God Remembers" is to plant hope in the next generation. The NT equivalent is found in Zechariah's song (Benedictus, Luke 1:68-79): God has "remembered" his covenant — the divine memory finally breaking into history in Christ.