Zvi

Zvi (Hebrew: צְבִי and צבי‎, Tzvi, Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a Jewish masculine given name.^[1] It is sometimes paired with Hirsch, the German and Yiddish word for "deer", in a bilingual pleonasm.

Notable people with this name include:

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