Zvi ( and ,
Tzvi, Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a
Jewish name masculine given name.
It is sometimes paired with Hirsch, the German and Yiddish word for "deer", in a bilingual pleonasm.
Notable people with this name include:
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Zvi Aharoni (1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent
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Zvi Arad (1942–2018), Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, president of Netanya Academic College
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Gregor Belkovsky (1865–1948), jurist, economist, and Zionist activist
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Zvi Ben-Avraham (born 1941), Israeli geophysicist
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Zvi Bern (born 1960), American physicist
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Zvi Bodie (born 1943), American academic
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Zvi Bornstein (1926–2024), Slovak antifascist fighter
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Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), Orthodox Polish rabbi
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Zvi Chalamish, Israeli financier
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Zvi Dror (1926–2025), Israeli historian
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Zvi Elpeleg (1926–2015), Israeli academic
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Zvi Galil (born 1947), Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, and President of Tel Aviv University
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Zvika Greengold (born 1952), Israeli officer during the Yom Kippur War, awarded the Medal of Valor
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Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), Jewish-American economist
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Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (1857-1947), American rabbi
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Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (born 1952), Israeli rebbe
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Zvi Hecker (1931-2023), Israeli architect
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Zvi Heifetz (born 1956), Israeli diplomat
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Zvi Hendel (born 1949), Israeli politician
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Zvi Hercowitz (born 1945), Israeli economist
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Zvi Hirsch Kaidanover (1650–1712), German rabbi
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Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795–1874), Orthodox German rabbi
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Zvi Kogan (1996-2024), Israeli-Moldovan rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates
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Zvi Kolitz (1912-2002), Israeli film producer
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Zvi Laron (born 1927), Israeli physician
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Zvi Lieberman (1891–1985), Russian-born Israeli author
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Zvi Luria (1906–1968), Israeli politician
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Zvi Magen (born 1945), Israeli ambassador
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Zvi Mazel (born 1939), Israeli diplomat
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Zvi Mowshowitz (born 1979), American Magic: The Gathering player
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Zvi Nishri (Orloff) (1878–1973), Russian/Palestinian/Israeli pioneer in modern physical education
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Zvi Ofer (1932–1968), Israeli officer awarded the Medal of Valor
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Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim (1854–1926), Lithuanian rabbi
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Zvi Hermann Schapira (1840–1898), Russian mathematician
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Zvi Schreiber (born 1969), British-Israeli entrepreneur
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Zvi Segal (1901–1965), signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence
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Zvi Sherf (born 1951), Israeli basketball coach
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Zvi Sobolofsky, Orthodox American rabbi
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Zvi Weinberg (1935–2006), Israeli politician
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Zvi Yair (1915–2005), Hungarian rabbi
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Zvi Yavetz (1925–2013), Israeli historian
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Zvi Yehezkeli (born 1970), Israeli journalist
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Zvi Yehuda (1887-1965), Israeli politician
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Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), Jewish theologian
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Zvi Zamir (1925–2024), Israeli general
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Zvi Zilker (1933-2021), Israeli politician
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Zvi Zimmerman (1913–2006), Israeli politician
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