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ZeevIn Hebrew: זאב · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: זְאֵבRomanization: ze'év
Zeev (Hebrew: זאב) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 7,027 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 91 boys and ranked #189. Its peak year was 1950, with 225 babies.
- People in Israel
- 7,027
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 91
- rank #189
- Peak year
- 1950
- 225 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Zeev
In Hebrew letters the name is זאב, read right to left. Zeev 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 "ze'év" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Zeeb and Zeev
- Lupus (a summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf)
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb-, with metathesis.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Zeev 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 Zeev
How do you write Zeev in Hebrew?
Zeev is written זאב in Hebrew (with vowel points: זְאֵב). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ze'év".
How many people in Israel are named Zeev?
7,027 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name זאב: 0 women and 7,027 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 Zeev a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named זאב are men.
What does the name Zeev mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Zeeb and Zeev" Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb-, with metathesis.
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.