Zvi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TSVEE
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Zvi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “deer, gazelle”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Zvi mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew tsvi
“deer, gazelle”
Often paired with its Yiddish equivalent Hirsch, 'deer', as in the double name Zvi Hirsch.
Is Zvi a girl's or a boy's name?
Zvi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zvi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Zvi, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zvi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Zvi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,452, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Tzvi 12
- Zvi 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Zvi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Zvi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Zvi, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1977, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the boys named Zvi in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 210 boys in the US were given Zvi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #964, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Tzvi 200
- Zvi 10
Zvi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
Names like Zvi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi, Bodhi, Ari, Ravi, Yusuf, Kai, Daithi, Aarav, Veer, Rishi, Prithvi, Sami
Other spellings of Zvi
Names related to Zvi
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, “Zvi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zvi, updated 20 October 2026.