Tzvi
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Tzvi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “deer, gazelle”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 1,075th for boys in the US (200 babies).
What does Tzvi mean?
Hebrew
“deer, gazelle”
Often paired with Hirsh, its Yiddish equivalent also meaning deer, in the traditional double name Tzvi Hirsh.
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Is Tzvi a girl's or a boy's name?
Tzvi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 200 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tzvi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Tzvi, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tzvi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Tzvi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,452, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Tzvi 12
- Zvi 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Tzvi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Tzvi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,075among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 200about 1 in 8,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 200 boys in the US were named Tzvi, making it the 1,075th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,111th. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had the most boys named Tzvi of any year since it first appeared, in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Tzvi in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 210 boys in the US were given Tzvi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #964, up from #1,075 for this spelling alone.
- Tzvi 200
- Zvi 10
Tzvi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 200 | #1,075 |
| 2024 | 181 | #1,155 |
| 2023 | 181 | #1,153 |
| 2022 | 180 | #1,152 |
| 2021 | 192 | #1,092 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,111 |
| 2019 | 170 | #1,144 |
| 2018 | 153 | #1,219 |
| 2017 | 149 | #1,232 |
| 2016 | 131 | #1,356 |
| 2015 | 140 | #1,279 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 2013 | 117 | #1,420 |
| 2012 | 96 | #1,616 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,377 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,331 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,367 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,452 |
| 2007 | 101 | #1,552 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,417 |
| 2005 | 96 | #1,496 |
| 2004 | 95 | #1,454 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 63 | #1,814 |
| 2001 | 69 | #1,673 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,727 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,863 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
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