Answer:
Allah blessed him with a child whom no man had been named as him previously. This blessing had three points:
1- Allah’s answer to his call is an honor to Prophet Zacharia.
2- His sending him a son gives him strength.
3- Naming him with a name that none had been named like him before.
So the angels called out to him while he stood praying in the sanctuary, “Allah gives you good news of ˹the birth of˺ John who will confirm the Word of Allah and will be a great leader, chaste, and a prophet among the righteous.” Al-Imran 3:39
˹The angels announced,˺ “O Zachariah! Indeed, We give you the good news of ˹the birth of˺ a son,
whose name will be Yahya (John)—a name We have not given to anyone before. He wondered, “My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren, and I have become extremely old?” ’ An angel replied, “So will it be! Your Lord says, ‘It is easy for Me, just as I created you before, when you were nothing!’”) Maryam 19:9
رزقه الله عز وجل بطفل لم يكن له سمي قبل ذلك. و قد تضمن هذا العطاء ثلاثة أمور: إجابة دعائه وهي كرامة للنبي زكريا. إعطائه للولد وهي قوة له إفراده بتسمية لم يسمى بها أحد قبله ( يحيى)
( فَنَادَتْهُ ٱلْمَلاۤئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي ٱلْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَـىٰ مُصَدِّقاً بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّداً وَحَصُوراً وَنَبِيّاً مِّنَ ٱلصَّالِحِينَ )
آل عمران 3:39
)ياٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلاَمٍ ٱسْمُهُ يَحْيَىٰ لَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ سَمِيّاً
قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ۬ وَڪَانَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتِى عَاقِرً۬ا وَقَدۡ بَلَغۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡڪِبَرِ عِتِيًّ۬ا (٨) قَالَ كَذَٲلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ۬ وَقَدۡ خَلَقۡتُكَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَلَمۡ تَكُ شَيۡـًٔ۬ا ) مريم 19: 9
(فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي ٱلْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَباً وَرَهَباً وَكَانُواْ لَنَا خاشِعِينَ )
الأنبياء 21: 90