Ze'ev

Ze'ev, Zev

Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Pronunciation	[zeʔev]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Hebrew
Origin
Meaning	Wolf
Other names
Alternative spelling	Zeev, Zev, Zeeb, Zeb, Seff
Related names	Volf (װאלף)

Ze'ev (Hebrew: זְאֵב, Zeév), also spelled Zeev or Zev, is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning wolf. The name is used among Ashkenazi Jews as an association with the name Wolf,^[citation needed] and often paired with the name Benjamin (referencing the description of Benjamin in Genesis as a "wolf that raveneth") as Binyamin Ze'ev or the Yiddish name "Wolf" (װאָלף) as Zev Wolf, even as a triplet Benjamin Zev Wolf.

The Tanakh mentions a person directly named Ze'ev, one of the Midianite leaders defeated by the Judge Gideon (see Oreb and Zeeb).

Diminutive forms: Zevik, Ze'evik.

The name Ze'ev or Zev may refer to:

People with the given name

Ze'ev

• Ze'ev (caricaturist) (1923–2002), Israeli caricaturist
• Ze'ev Aleksandrowicz (1905–1992), Israeli photographer
• Zeev Aram (1931–2021), British furniture and interior designer
• Ze'ev Almog (born 1935), Israeli admiral
• Ze'ev Ben-Haim (1907–2013), Israeli linguist
• Zeev Ben-Zvi (1904–1952), Israeli sculptor
• Ze'ev Bielski (born 1949), Israeli politician and diplomat
• Ze'ev Boim (1943–2011), Israeli politician
• Ze'ev Chafets (born 1947), American writer
• Ze'ev Chomsky (1896–1977), American scholar
• Ze'ev Drori (born 1940), Israeli businessman
• Ze'ev Elkin (born 1971), Israeli politician
• Ze'ev Friedman (1944–1972), Israeli weightlifter
• Ze'ev Haimovich (born 1983), Israeli football player
• Ze'ev Herzog (born 1941), Israeli archaeologist
• Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880–1940), Russian Jewish leader
• Ze'ev Maghen (born 1964), Israeli historian
• Zeev Maoz (born 1945), American political scientist
• Zeev Nehari (1915–1978), Israeli mathematician
• Ze'ev Raban (1890–1970), Israeli artist
• Zeev Rechter (1899–1960), Israeli architect
• Zeev Reiss (1917–1996), Israeli scientist
• Ze'ev Revach (born 1940), Israeli actor and comedian
• Ze'ev Ronai (born 1956), Israeli-American cancer research scientist
• Zeev Rudnick (born 1961), Israeli mathematician
• Ze'ev Safrai (born 1948), Israeli historian
• Ze'ev Schiff (1932–2007), Israeli journalist
• Ze'ev Sherf (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

Zev

• Zev Aelony (1938–2009), American civil rights activist
• Zev Asher (1963–2013), Canadian musician
• Zev Braun (1928–2019), American film producer
• Zev Buffman (1930–2020), American theater producer
• Zev Golan, Israeli historian
• Zev ben Shimon Halevi (1933–2020), English author born Warren Kenton
• Zev Hirsch Bernstein (1847–1907), American writer
• Zev Siegl (born 1955), American businessman
• Zev Sufott (1927–2014), Israeli diplomat
• Zev Taublieb (born 1993), American soccer player
• Zev Vilnay (1900–1988), Israeli geographer
• Zev Wolf (disambiguation), several people
• Zev Wolfson (1928–2012), American businessman
• Zev Yaroslavsky (born 1948), American politician

Zehev

• Zehev Tadmor (born 1937), Israeli chemical engineer and president of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

People with the surname

• Aharon Ze'ev (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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Ze'ev
• All pages with titles beginning with Zeev
• All pages with titles beginning with Zev
• Zev (disambiguation)
• Ben-Zeev, a surname
• Zev Wolf (disambiguation)