Ze'Ev
loc · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ze'Ev is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.
- PLPoland1 in 316K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 1.3Kas זאב
- RORomania≈1 in 2.3Kas זאב
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 Ze'Ev 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.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 259 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,500 named זאב, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled זאב in IL Israel, PL Poland, RO Romania and 3 more, Zev in US United States and Zeev in CY Cyprus.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ze'Ev 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | #226 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | זאב | 8 |
| IL Israel | #102 | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 442 | זאב | 98 |
| US United States | — | 3,408as Zev | 1 in 98K | 3.4K | Zev | 259 |
| HU Hungary | #664 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | — | זאב | 4 |
| LB Lebanon | #295 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | זאב | 3 |
| LV Latvia | #740 | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | זאב | 4 |
| PL Poland | #424 | 121 | 1 in 316K | 121 | זאב | 4 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈52 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Zeev | 6 |
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 — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ze'Ev is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Alternative form of Zev.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zeev Jabotinskyb. 1880UARussian Jewish poet, founder of Revisionist Zionist movement (1880–1940)
- Ze'ev Rabanb. 1890ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli artist (1890-1970)
- William Chomskyb. 1896USnot in their usual nameAmerican Hebrew grammarian (1896–1977)
- Wolfgang Lotzb. 1921DEnot in their usual nameIsraeli spy (1921-1993)
- Ze'ev Schiffb. 1932FRnot in their usual nameIsraeli journalist (1933-2007)
- Ze'ev Revachb. 1940ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli actor and director (1940–2025)
- Ze'ev Drorib. 1940USnot in their usual nameIsraeli-born American entrepreneur
- Ze'ev Friedmanb. 1944ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli weightlifter
- Zev Shimshonib. 1953ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli actor
- Ze'ev Elkinb. 1971ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/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
- In which country does Ze'Ev have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.5 thousand people named זאב in Romania, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ze'Ev?
- In Poland, the national register counted 121 people named Ze'Ev in 2026, about 1 in 316 thousand residents.
- How common is Ze'Ev compared with other names?
- In Romania, Ze'Ev is the 226th most common given name of 34,167 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ze'Ev?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ze'evThe 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, “Ze'Ev” — the 226th most common given name in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.