Given name
Zahavah
“the golden one”
Zahavah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “the golden one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “the golden one.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zahavah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,221 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,221 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2017.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zahavah’s family of names
Zahavah has a related form in Zahava. Zahavah has a related form in Zehava. Zahavah has a related form in Zachava.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zahavavariant
- Zehavavariant
- Zehevavariant
- Zehavevariant
- Zehavivariant
- Zehavitvariant
- Zehuvavariant
- Zehaviavariant
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