Ziv
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZEEV
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Ziv is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “radiance; splendour”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Ziv mean?
Hebrew
“radiance; splendour”
Ziv is also the old Hebrew name of the second month, mentioned in the Book of Kings.
Is Ziv a girl's or a boy's name?
Ziv is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ziv in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ziv, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 3 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ziv in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
How popular is Ziv in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Ziv, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had more boys named Ziv than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Ziv in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ziv in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Ziv
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zev Zach Yakov Zion Perez Jude Achim Joao Iago Jago Cruz Thiago
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ziv: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ziv, updated 20 October 2026.