Zvi
Zvi (also Zwi , Swi , Zevi or Tzvi , New Hebrew צבי) is a Jewish male given name , which also occurs as a family name. It means " gazelle " or " deer ".
Name bearer
First name
- Zvi Aharoni (1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent
- Zvi Asaria (1913–2002), Yugoslav-Israeli rabbi and author
- Zvi Aviram (* 1927), Israeli author and Shoah survivor
- Tzvi Avni (* 1927), Israeli composer
- Zwi Perez Chajes (1876–1927), rabbi
- Zvi Elpeleg (1926–2015), Israeli Arabist
- Zvi Gabai (1938–2018), Israeli diplomat and author
- Zvi Goldstein (* 1947), Romanian-Israeli concept artist
- Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), American economist
- Zvi Hashin (1929-2017), Israeli engineer
- Zvi Hecker (* 1931), Israeli architect
- Zvi Heifetz (* 1956), Israeli lawyer, entrepreneur and diplomat
- Zvi Hendel (* 1949), Israeli politician and member of the Knesset
- Zwi Hirsch Aschkenasi (1656–1718), rabbi and Talmud scholar
- Zvi Jagendorf (* 1936), Israeli writer
- Zwi Hirsch Kalischer (1795–1874), rabbi, Zionist thinker and Talmudic scholar
- Zwi Katz (* 1927), Lithuanian Holocaust survivor and author who emigrated to Israel
- Zvi Kolitz (1912–2002), Jewish writer and journalist
- Zwi Jehuda Kook (1891–1982), rabbi
- Zvi Koretz (1884–1945), Greek chief rabbi
- Zvi Laron (* 1927), Israeli child endocrinologist and university professor of Romanian origin
- Zvi Lothane (* 1934), American psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and university professor
- Zvi Magen (* 1945), Israeli diplomat
- Zvi Mazel (* 1939), Israeli diplomat
- Zvi Meniker (* 1964), Israeli harpsichordist, organist, fortepianist and musicologist.
- Zvi Rix (1909–1981), Austrian-Israeli doctor and author
- Zvi H. Rosen (1925–2014), Israeli philosopher
- Zwi Schulmann (1915–1986), survivor of the Holocaust
- Tzvi Tzur (1923-2004), Israeli officer, politician and economic manager
- Zvi Yavetz (1925–2013), Israeli ancient historian
- Tzwi Zamir (* 1925), director of the Israeli secret service
Middle name
- Walter Zwi Bacharach (1928–2014), German-Israeli historian and survivor of the Holocaust
- Hermann Zvi Guttmann (1917–1977), German architect
- Peter Zvi Malkin (1927-2005), Israeli agent
- Hermann Zwi Szajer (* 1948), German artist
family name
- David Ben-Zvi (* 1974), American mathematician
- Jizchak Ben Zwi (1884–1963), Israeli historian and politician
- Rachel Janait Ben-Zvi (1886–1979), Israeli first wife and author
- Rose Zwi (1928–2018), Mexican-Australian writer
- Schabbtai Zvi (1626–1676), religious scholar