Given name & surname
Ziv
“a radiant man”
Ziv is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a radiant man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a radiant man.”
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 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ziv through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 257
- 252 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,856 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,856 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 433 as a first name in 2020; 393 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ziv’s family of names
Ziv has a related form in Ziva. Ziv has a related form in Ziiv. Ziv has a related form in Zive.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ziv
- Ziv KalontarovIsraeli swimmerborn 1997
- Ziv KorenIsraeli photographerborn 1970
- Ziv MorganIsraeli association footballerborn 2000
- Ziv CojocaruIsraeli composerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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