Zehava
given name · Latin script
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/zhavə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zehava is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ethiopia than in any other country. In Israel it is the 98th most common given name. Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. neuhebräischer Zippora, (auch:) Zipora: weibl. Vom. hebräi Herkunft (zu neuhebr. zähäv »Gold«). schen Ursprungs (hebr. sipporä »Vogel«).
- PLPoland1 in 2.7M(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 954as זהבה
- RORomania≈1 in 4.9Kas זהבה
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zehava itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 117 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 45K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 named זהבה, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled זהבה in IL Israel, MA Morocco, PL Poland and 3 more and Zehavah in LV Latvia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)weibl. Vom. neuhebräischer Zippora, (auch:) Zipora: weibl. Vom. hebräi Herkunft (zu neuhebr. zähäv »Gold«). schen Ursprungs (hebr. sipporä »Vogel«).
Cited for this meaning 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Zehava counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | זהבה | 3 |
| IL Israel | #98 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 954 | 32 | זהבה | 52 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | זהבה | 2 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | זהבה | 3 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | זהבה | 1 |
| LV Latvia | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Zehavah | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Zehava | 3 |
| PL Poland | — | 14 | 1 in 2.7M | 14 | זהבה | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Zehava Odes Sternb. 1916ILIsraeli sculptor
- Zahava Burackb. 1932PLnot in their usual nameAmerican activist (1932-2001)
- Zehava Jacobyb. 1940ILIsraeli art historian (1940–1999)
- Zehava Galb. 1948ILIsraeli opera singer
- Zahava Lupub. 1948ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli painter, musician (*1948)
- Zahava Solomonb. 1950ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli researcher and professor of Social Work
- Zahava Gal-Onb. 1956ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
- Zahava Korb. 1957ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli writer
- Zehava Binyaminb. 1960ILIsraeli artist
- Zehava Benb. 1968ILIsraeli singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 14 | #5,642 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 14 | #5,643 |
Reference works 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Zehava?
- A machine transcription gives /zhavə/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
- What does the name Zehava mean?
- Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. neuhebräischer Zippora, (auch:) Zipora: weibl. Vom. hebräi Herkunft (zu neuhebr. zähäv »Gold«). schen Ursprungs (hebr. sipporä »Vogel«).
- Is Zehava a male or female name?
- Zehava is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- In which country does Zehava have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named זהבה in Ethiopia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Zehava?
- In Poland, the national register counted 14 people named Zehava in 2026, about 1 in 2.7 million residents.
- How common is Zehava compared with other names?
- In Israel, Zehava is the 98th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zehavaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zehava” — the 98th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.