Zev

Where Zev comes from

From Hebrew זאב (ze'év, “wolf”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Zev
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1900
    Zev Vilnay born
    Israeli geographer
  2. 1948
    Zev Yaroslavsky born
    American politician in California
  3. 1951
    First appearance
    #3,364 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2025
    Peak, #864
    277 babies named Zev — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew found in the Jewish demographic
Namesakes
  • Zev Vilnay · Israeli geographer, 1900–1988
  • Zev Yaroslavsky · American politician in California, born 1948
  • Zev Wolfson · American businessman and philanthropist, 1928–2012
  • Zev Asher · Canadian film maker and musician, 1963–2013
  • Zev Taublieb · American soccer player, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.