Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady
AdivIn Hebrew: אדיב · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אָדִיבRomanization: adív
Adiv (Hebrew: אדיב) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 1,232 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 12 boys and ranked #604. Its peak year was 2019, with 25 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,232
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 12
- rank #604
- Peak year
- 2019
- 25 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Adiv
In Hebrew letters the name is אדיב, read right to left. Adiv is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "adív" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, inspired by Arabic Arabic ادُب (“cultured, mannerly”). Ben-Yehuda speculates that Biblical Hebrew may once have possessed the same root, possibly reflected in the name אַדְבְּאֵל.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Adiv by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Adiv
How do you write Adiv in Hebrew?
Adiv is written אדיב in Hebrew (with vowel points: אָדִיב). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "adív".
How many people in Israel are named Adiv?
1,232 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אדיב: 0 women and 1,232 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Adiv a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אדיב are men.
What does the name Adiv mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name" Etymology: Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, inspired by Arabic Arabic ادُب (“cultured, mannerly”). Ben-Yehuda speculates that Biblical Hebrew may once have possessed the same root, possibly reflected in the name אַדְבְּאֵל.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.