Zvi
Zvi is a Jewish masculine given name. It is sometimes paired with Hirsch, the German and Yiddish word for "deer", in a bilingual pleonasm.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Zvi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zvi is a Jewish masculine given name. It is sometimes paired with Hirsch, the German and Yiddish word for "deer", in a bilingual pleonasm.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Zvi
Zvi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1951, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1977: 16 births, good for #2,665 nationwide. As of 2026, Zvi ranks #6,756 for baby boys with 12 births, gradually rising (+7%). All told, over 689 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zvi
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Names that sound like Zvi
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About the name Zvi
Zvi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 689 births in the dataset. Zvi's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #2,352. Use the chart and map above to compare Zvi'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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