Given name
Zwi
“resembling a gazelle”
Zwi is used as a given name. One Scandinavian interpretation is “resembling a gazelle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “resembling a gazelle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
Zwi’s family of names
Zwi has a related form in Zvi. Zwi has a related form in Zui. Zwi has a related form in Zwea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zwi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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