Ze'ev
Ze'ev, also spelled Zeev or Zev, is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning wolf. Diminutive forms of the name are Zevik and Ze'evik.
The name used among Ashkenazi Jews is often paired with the name Benjamin, referencing the description of Benjamin in Genesis as a "wolf that raveneth", with the Yiddish name "Wolf", or even as a triplet.
The Tanakh mentions a person directly named Ze'ev, one of the Midianite leaders defeated by the Judge Gideon.
People with the given name
Ze'ev
- Ze'ev (caricaturist), Israeli caricaturist
- Ze'ev Aleksandrowicz, Israeli photographer
- Zeev Aram, British furniture and interior designer
- Ze'ev Almog, Israeli admiral
- Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Israeli linguist
- Zeev Ben-Zvi, Israeli sculptor
- Ze'ev Bielski, Israeli politician and diplomat
- Ze'ev Boim, Israeli politician
- Ze'ev Chafets, American writer
- Ze'ev Chomsky, American scholar
- Ze'ev Drori, Israeli businessman
- Ze'ev Elkin, Israeli politician
- Ze'ev Friedman, Israeli weightlifter
- Ze'ev Haimovich, Israeli football player
- Ze'ev Herzog, Israeli archaeologist
- Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Russian Jewish leader
- Ze'ev Maghen, Israeli historian
- Zeev Maoz, American political scientist
- Zeev Nehari, Israeli mathematician
- Ze'ev Raban, Israeli artist
- Zeev Rechter, Israeli architect
- Zeev Reiss, Israeli scientist
- Ze'ev Revach, Israeli actor and comedian
- Ze'ev Ronai, Israeli-American cancer research scientist
- Zeev Rudnick, Israeli mathematician
- Ze'ev Safrai, Israeli historian
- Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist
- Ze'ev Sherf, Israeli politician
- Zeev Sternhell, Israeli historian
- Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes, Polish rabbi
- Ze'ev Zrizi, Israeli politician
- Zeev Buium, American NHL Hockey Player
Zev
- Zev Aelony, American civil rights activist
- Zev Asher, Canadian musician
- Zev Braun, American film producer
- Zev Buffman, American theater producer
- Zev Golan, Israeli historian
- Zev ben Shimon Halevi, English author born Warren Kenton
- Zev Hirsch Bernstein, American writer
- Zev Siegl, American businessman
- Zev Sufott, Israeli diplomat
- Zev Taublieb, American soccer player
- Zev Vilnay, Israeli geographer
- Zev Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Zev Wolfson, American businessman
- Zev Yaroslavsky, American politician
Zehev
- Zehev Tadmor, Israeli chemical engineer and president of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
People with the surname
- Aharon Ze'ev, Israeli poet, writer, editor, and educator
- Nissim Ze'ev, Israeli politician
- Oren Zeev, 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''