Zivah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEE-va
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Zivah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “radiance, brightness”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Zivah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ziva; from ziv, brightness
“radiance, brightness”
From Hebrew ziv, brightness or radiance; Ziva David is a character in the US television drama NCIS.
Meaning borrowed from Ziva.
Is Zivah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zivah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zivah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Zivah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were given Zivah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #934, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Ziva 29
- Zivah 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Zivah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
How popular is Zivah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Zivah, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had fewer girls named Zivah than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Zivah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 155 girls in the US were given Zivah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,258, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Zivah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
Names like Zivah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme, Dua, Delilah, Raya, Pippa, Primrose, Ayra, Aria, Luna, Nusaybah, Fiadh, Isla
Other spellings of Zivah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Zivah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zivah, updated 20 October 2026.