Ziv
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ziv is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from Proto-Slavic zivu 'living, alive'.
- USUnited States1 in 768K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 1.4Kas זיו
- CYCyprus≈1 in 15K
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 Ziv 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.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 190 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,000 named זיו, 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 זיו in IL Israel, ET Ethiopia, RO Romania and 1 more.
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)
from Proto-Slavic zivu 'living, alive'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ziv 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #336 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 5.4K | זיו | 120 |
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | זיו | 3 |
| US United States | — | 433 | 1 in 768K | 393 | Ziv | 190 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 120K | — | זיו | 5 |
| PL Poland | — | 165 | 1 in 232K | 132 | — | 5 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Ziv | 6 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 213K | — | זיו | 2 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; 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)
Ziv 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 srh, tongue
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)
- Ziv Korenb. 1970ILIsraeli photographer
- Ziv Rubinsteinb. 1970ILIsraeli musician and producer
- Ziv Cojocarub. 1977ILIsraeli composer
- Ziv Cavedab. 1978ETIsraeli footballer
- Ziv Bohrerb. 1980ILIsraeli jurist
- Ziv Berkovichb. 1984KZcinematographer
- Ziv Yehezkelb. 1985ILIsraeli singer
- Ziv Kalontarovb. 1997ILIsraeli swimmer
- Ziv Morganb. 2000ILIsraeli association footballer
- Ziv Ben Shimolb. 2004ILIsraeli footballer
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 30 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 393 | #56,219 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 329 | #61,123 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 255 | #71,372 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 56 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 56 | #46,285 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 36 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 36 | #63,086 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- What does the name Ziv mean, and where does it come from?
- from Proto-Slavic zivu 'living, alive' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- Is Ziv a male or female name?
- Ziv is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Ziv have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.0 thousand people named זיו in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ziv?
- In the United States, the national register counted 433 people named Ziv in 2020, about 1 in 768 thousand residents.
- How common is Ziv compared with other names?
- In Israel, Ziv is the 336th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zivThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Ziv” — the 336th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.