Ze'ev (, ''Zeév''), also spelled Zeev or Zev, is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
of Hebrew origin meaning
wolf
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...
. Diminutive forms of the name are Zevik and Ze'evik.
The name used among
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. They traditionally speak Yiddish, a language ...
is often paired with the name
Benjamin
Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...
(such as Binyamin Ze'ev), referencing the description of
Benjamin
Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...
in
Genesis
Genesis may refer to:
Religion
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of humankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Bo ...
as a "wolf that raveneth", with the
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
name "
Wolf
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...
Midian
Midian (; ; , ''Madiam''; Taymanitic: 𐪃𐪕𐪚𐪌 ''MDYN''; ''Mīḏyān'') is a geographical region in West Asia, located in northwestern Saudi Arabia. mentioned in the Tanakh and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was ...
ite leaders defeated by the Judge
Gideon
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is recounted in of the Book of Judges in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible.
Gideon was th ...
(see
Oreb and Zeeb Oreb (Hebrew: עֹרֵב, ''Orev'') and Zeeb (Hebrew: זְאֵב, ''Z'ev'') were two Midianite princes mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Oreb ()Ze'ev (caricaturist)
Yaakov Farkash (; born 31 January 1923, died 15 October 2002), better known by the pen name Ze'ev (Hebrew: ), was an Israeli caricaturist and illustrator.
Biography
Early life and World War II
Farkash was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary ...
(1923–2002), Israeli caricaturist
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Ze'ev Aleksandrowicz
Ze'ev (Wilhelm) Aleksandrowicz (Hebrew: 'זאב אלכסנדרוביץ; April 7, 1905 – January 5, 1992) was an Israelis, Israeli photographer. He is mostly known for his work in Palestine and Japan, during the first half of the 1930s.
Early ...
(1905–1992), Israeli photographer
* Zeev Aram (1931–2021), British furniture and interior designer
*
Ze'ev Almog
Zeev Almog (; also written Ze'ev Almog; born 1 February 1935), was the Commander In Chief (C.I.C.) of the Israeli Navy from 1979 to 1985. He was also General Manager of Israel Shipyards from 1986 to 1995.
Early life
Almog was born in Tel Aviv, M ...
(born 1935), Israeli admiral
*
Ze'ev Ben-Haim
Ze'ev Wolf Goldman, later known as Ze'ev Ben-Haim or Ze'ev Ben-Hayyim (; 28 December 1907 – 6 August 2013), was a leading Israeli linguist and a former president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language.
Biography
Ben-Haim was born in Mości ...
(1907–2013), Israeli linguist
*
Zeev Ben-Zvi
Zeev Ben-Zvi (; 1904–1952) was a Polish-Israeli sculptor born in Ryki, Congress Poland, whose work influenced a generation of sculptors.
Biography
Born Beniamin Kujawski, Zeev Ben-Zvi studied at Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw. In 1923, he imm ...
(1904–1952), Israeli sculptor
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Ze'ev Bielski
Ze'ev Bielski (; born 13 March 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013. He previously chaired the Jewish Agency for Israel, Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization and worked ...
(born 1949), Israeli politician and diplomat
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Ze'ev Boim
Ze'ev Boim (; 30 April 1943 – 18 March 2011) was an Israeli politician. He was the mayor of Kiryat Gat before becoming a Knesset member for Likud and later Kadima. Boim was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Housing ...
(1943–2011), Israeli politician
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Ze'ev Chafets
Zev Chafets (; born 1947) is an American-Israeli author and columnist.
Biography
Zev Chafets was born in 1947 in Pontiac, Michigan, and raised there. He graduated from the University of Michigan. In 1966-67 Chafets was president of the Nation ...
(born 1947), American writer
* Ze'ev Chomsky (1896–1977), American scholar
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Ze'ev Drori
Ze'ev Drori (; born 1940 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli-born American technology entrepreneur currently residing in California. Drori was the founder and Chief Executive of Monolithic Memories, before the company merged with Advanced Micro Devices ( ...
(born 1940), Israeli businessman
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Ze'ev Elkin
Ze'ev Elkin (born 3 April 1971) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a Member of the Knesset for the New Hope (Israel), New Hope Party. He was previously a member of the Knesset for Kadima, Likud and the National Unity (Israel), Nati ...
(born 1971), Israeli politician
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Ze'ev Friedman
Ze'ev Friedman (Hebrew: זאב פרידמן; 10 June 1944 – 6 September 1972) was an Israeli flyweight weightlifter. A member of the Israeli Olympic team, he was killed in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
Biography
Ze'ev Friedman was bo ...
(1944–1972), Israeli weightlifter
*
Ze'ev Haimovich
Ze'ev Haimovich (; born 7 April 1983) is an Israeli former footballer.
Biography
Haimovich was born in Netanya to a mother from Odesa and father from Transcarpathia. He grew up speaking Russian at home.
Transfer to Russia
On 1 August 2009, the ...
(born 1983), Israeli football player
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Ze'ev Herzog
Ze'ev Herzog (; born 1941) is an Israeli archeologist, professor of archaeology at The Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University specializing in social archaeology, ancient architecture and field archaeol ...
(born 1941), Israeli archaeologist
*
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Ze'ev Jabotinsky (born Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky; 17 October 1880 – 3 August 1940) was a Russian-born author, poet, orator, soldier, and founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement and the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in O ...
(1880–1940), Russian Jewish leader
* Ze'ev Maghen (born 1964), Israeli historian
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Zeev Maoz
Ze'ev Maoz (born 28 June 1951) is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Correlates of War Project at the University of California, Davis, as well as Distinguished Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel. He is the Pr ...
(born 1945), American political scientist
* Zeev Nehari (1915–1978), Israeli mathematician
*
Ze'ev Raban
Ze’ev Raban (; 22 September 1890 – 19 January 1970), born Wolf Rawicki (Ravitzki), was a leading painter, decorative artist, and industrial designer of the Bezalel school style, and was one of the founders of the Israeli art world.
Biography ...
Ze'ev Revach
Ze'ev (Ze'evik) Nachum Revach (; 15 August 1940 – 18 January 2025) was an Israeli comedian, actor and filmmaker. His prolific acting career included many roles in film, TV, and theater.
Revach was a particularly prominent actor in the Boureka ...
(born 1940), Israeli actor and comedian
*
Ze'ev Ronai
Ze’ev Ronai () is an Israeli-American cancer research scientist and Director of the Institute for Translational Research at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, USA.
Education
Ze’ev Ronai was born in Haifa in 1956. He attended Hugim Hi ...
(born 1956), Israeli-American cancer research scientist
*
Zeev Rudnick
Zeev Rudnick or Ze'ev Rudnick (; born 1961 in Haifa, Israel) is a mathematician, specializing in number theory and in mathematical physics, notably quantum chaos. Rudnick is a professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences and the Cissie and A ...
(born 1961), Israeli mathematician
*
Ze'ev Safrai
Ze'ev Safrai (; born 1948, Jerusalem) is an Israeli Professor in the Department for Israel Studies in Bar Ilan University, as well as an author, lecturer and researcher of Israel in the Second Temple period, Second Temple era. His main project is ...
(born 1948), Israeli historian
* Ze'ev Schiff (1932–2007), Israeli journalist
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Ze'ev Sherf
Ze'ev Sherf (; 21 April 1904 – 18 April 1984) was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography
Born in Czernowitz in Austria-Hungary (today Chernivtsi, Ukraine), Sherf emigrated to Mandatory ...
(1904–1984), Israeli politician
* Zeev Sternhell (1935–2020), Israeli historian
* Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes (1685–1788), Polish rabbi
* Ze'ev Zrizi (1916–2011), Israeli politician
* Zeev Buium (born 2005), American NHL Hockey Player
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Zev Aelony
Zev Aelony (February 21, 1938 – November 1, 2009) was an American activist involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He was an organizer of the civil rights student group Students for Integration, a CORE Soul Force Member, a Freedom Rider, ...
(1938–2009), American civil rights activist
* Zev Asher (1963–2013), Canadian musician
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Zev Braun
Zev Braun (October 19, 1928 – October 17, 2019) was an American motion picture producer. Though much of his work is in television (most notably as the executive producer of the ''Tour of Duty (TV series), Tour of Duty'' series) he was a su ...
(1928–2019), American film producer
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Zev Buffman
Zev Buffman (born Ze'ev Bufman) (October 11, 1930 – April 1, 2020) was a Broadway producer who served as president and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida. He produced more than 40 Broadway shows. He partnered with Elizabeth Taylo ...
Zev Siegl
Zev Siegl (born December 28, 1942) is an American keynote speaker and presenter. He co-founded Starbucks, with Gordon Bowker and Jerry Baldwin, in 1971, and was a director of the company during its first decade.
Early life
Zev Siegl was born o ...
(born 1955), American businessman
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Zev Sufott
Zev Sufott (; 27 October 1927 – 18 April 2014) was an Israeli diplomat who served as Israel's first Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, beginning in 1992. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, he was also a former Israeli Ambassador ...
Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a politician from Los Angeles County, California. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from District 3, an affluent district which includes the San Fernando Valley, the Westsi ...
chemical engineer
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Aharon Ze'ev
Aharon Ze'ev (; April 28, 1900–October 10, 1968) was an Israeli poet, writer (including writing for children), editor, and educator, a founder and chief education officer of the Education and Youth Corps of the IDF (1950-1963).
He was born Aharo ...
(1900–1968), Israeli poet, writer (including writing for children), editor, and educator
* Nissim Ze'ev (born 1951), Israeli politician
* Oren Zeev (born 1964), technology investor
Fictional characters
* Ze'ev Kesley, fictional character in ''The Lunar Chronicles'' fantasy novels
* Zev Bellringer, fictional character in the television series ''Lexx''
* Zev Senesca, fictional character in the 1980 film ''The Empire Strikes Back''