Ze'ev

Ze'ev, Zev

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, arguably the most famous Ze'ev
Pronunciation	[zeʔev]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Hebrew
Origin
Word/name	Translation of Yiddish װאלף "Volf"
Meaning	Wolf
Other names
Alternative spelling	Zeev, Zev, Zeeb, Zeb, Seff
Related names	Wolf (name)

Ze'ev (Hebrew: זאב \ זְאֵב zeév), also spelled Zeev or Zev, is a name of Hebrew origin which means wolf. The given name is a masculine form used among Ashkenazi Jews. It is a Biblical name, adapted from a reference to Benjamin in Genesis as a "wolf that raveneth". It re-appeared in relatively recent times as a translation of the Yiddish name װאָלף "Volf" or "Wolf". The name "Wolf" (in German) was relatively common among Germans.

The Bible mentions a person directly named Ze'ev, one of the Midianite leaders defeated by the Judge Gideon (see Oreb and Zeeb). However, the identical modern name is not derived from this character, an ancient enemy whom later Jews had no reason to emulate.

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, 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 or Z'ev

• 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
• Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi (1933–2020), English author born Warren Kenton
• Zev Hirsch Bernstein (1847–1907), American writer
• Zev Kurzberg, British & Israeli Military Official, Explorer & Philanthropist, (1972- to date)
• 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 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

• 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

• Zev (disambiguation)
• Ben-Zeev, a surname
• Zev Wolf