Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady
AvivIn Hebrew: אביב · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אָבִיבRomanization: avív
Aviv (Hebrew: אביב) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 18,376 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 295 boys and ranked #65. Its peak year was 2019, with 625 babies.
- People in Israel
- 18,376
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 295
- rank #65
- Peak year
- 2019
- 625 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Aviv
In Hebrew letters the name is אביב, read right to left. Aviv is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "avív" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name
- Abib (biblical figure)
- Abib (month)
From the root meaning "to be thick," "to swell," or "to ripen." Possible cognate to Arabic أَبّ (ʔabb, “pasture, herbage”). Not related to Coptic ⲉⲡⲏⲡ (epēp, “November”), a false friend.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Aviv 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 Aviv
How do you write Aviv in Hebrew?
Aviv is written אביב in Hebrew (with vowel points: אָבִיב). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "avív".
How many people in Israel are named Aviv?
18,376 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אביב: 5,151 women and 13,225 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 Aviv a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 28% of the people named אביב are women and 72% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Aviv mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name" Etymology: From the root meaning "to be thick," "to swell," or "to ripen." Possible cognate to Arabic أَبّ (ʔabb, “pasture, herbage”). Not related to Coptic ⲉⲡⲏⲡ (epēp, “November”), a false friend.
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.