Tzvi
Tzvi is a Jewish masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:Tzvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718), Dutch rabbi Tzvi Avni, Israeli composer Tzvi Ayalon (1911–1993), Israeli general and ambassador Tzvi Hersh Mordechai Bonhardt (1826–1866), Polish rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein (1763–1831), Galician rabbi Tzvi Erez, Israeli-Canadian musician Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879–1966), Lithuanian-British…
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Tzvi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tzvi is a Jewish masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:Tzvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718), Dutch rabbi Tzvi Avni, Israeli composer Tzvi Ayalon (1911–1993), Israeli general and ambassador Tzvi Hersh Mordechai Bonhardt (1826–1866), Polish rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein (1763–1831), Galician rabbi Tzvi Erez, Israeli-Canadian musician Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879–1966), Lithuanian-British…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Tzvi
The earliest SSA record of Tzvi as a baby boy name dates back to 1961, when 8 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 192 newborns named Tzvi — #1,091 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Tzvi on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Tzvi ranks #1,167 for baby boys with 178 births, gradually rising (+7%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Tzvi
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About the name Tzvi
Tzvi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Tzvi's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #1,091. Use the chart and map above to compare Tzvi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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