Given name
Ziven
“one who is vigorous; full of life”
Ziven is used as a given name. One Slavic interpretation is “one who is vigorous; full of life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “one who is vigorous; full of life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ziven through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 86
- 86 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,905 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,905 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ziven’s family of names
Ziven has a related form in Zivan. Ziven has a related form in Zivon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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