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For the substance used in environmental remediation, see [Zerovalent iron](/source/Zerovalent_iron).

**Zvi** (Hebrew: צְבִי and [צבי](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99), *Tzvi*, Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a [Jewish](/source/Jewish_name) masculine given name.[1] It is sometimes paired with [Hirsch](/source/Hirsch_(disambiguation)), the German and Yiddish word for "deer", in a [bilingual pleonasm](/source/Bilingual_pleonasm).

Notable people with this name include:

- [Zvi Aharoni](/source/Zvi_Aharoni) (1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent
- [Zvi Arad](/source/Zvi_Arad) (1942–2018), Israeli mathematician, acting president of [Bar-Ilan University](/source/Bar-Ilan_University), president of [Netanya Academic College](/source/Netanya_Academic_College)
- [Zvi Hirsch Gregor Belkovsky](/source/Gregor_Belkovsky) (1865–1948), jurist, economist, and Zionist activist
- [Zvi Ben-Avraham](/source/Zvi_Ben-Avraham) (born 1941), Israeli geophysicist
- [Zvi Bern](/source/Zvi_Bern) (born 1960), American physicist
- [Zvi Bodie](/source/Zvi_Bodie) (born 1943), American academic
- [Zvi Bornstein](/source/R%C3%B3bert_Cvi_Bornstein) (1926–2024), Slovak antifascist fighter
- [Zvi Hirsch Chajes](/source/Zvi_Hirsch_Chajes) (1805–1855), Orthodox Polish rabbi
- [Zvi Chalamish](/source/Zvi_Chalamish), Israeli financier
- [Zvi Dror](/source/Zvi_Dror) (1926–2025), Israeli historian
- [Zvi Elpeleg](/source/Zvi_Elpeleg) (1926–2015), Israeli academic
- [Zvi Galil](/source/Zvi_Galil) (born 1947), Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, and President of [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University)
- [Zvika Greengold](/source/Zvika_Greengold) (born 1952), Israeli officer during the Yom Kippur War, awarded the Medal of Valor
- [Zvi Griliches](/source/Zvi_Griliches) (1930–1999), Jewish-American economist
- [Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky](/source/Zvi_Hirsch_Grodzinsky) (1857-1947), American rabbi
- [Zvi Elimelech Halberstam](/source/Zvi_Elimelech_Halberstam) (born 1952), Israeli rebbe
- [Zvi Hecker](/source/Zvi_Hecker) (1931-2023), Israeli architect
- [Zvi Heifetz](/source/Zvi_Heifetz) (born 1956), Israeli diplomat
- [Zvi Hendel](/source/Zvi_Hendel) (born 1949), Israeli politician
- [Zvi Hercowitz](/source/Zvi_Hercowitz) (born 1945), Israeli economist
- [Zvi Hirsch Kaidanover](/source/Zebi_Hirsch_Kaidanover) (1650–1712), German rabbi
- [Zvi Hirsch Kalischer](/source/Zvi_Hirsch_Kalischer) (1795–1874), Orthodox German rabbi
- [Zvi Kogan](/source/Zvi_Kogan) (1996-2024), Israeli-Moldovan rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates
- [Zvi Kolitz](/source/Zvi_Kolitz) (1912-2002), Israeli film producer
- [Zvi Laron](/source/Zvi_Laron) (born 1927), Israeli physician
- [Zvi Lieberman](/source/Zvi_Lieberman) (1891–1985), Russian-born Israeli author
- [Zvi Luria](/source/Zvi_Luria) (1906–1968), Israeli politician
- [Zvi Magen](/source/Zvi_Magen) (born 1945), Israeli ambassador
- [Zvi Mazel](/source/Zvi_Mazel) (born 1939), Israeli diplomat
- [Zvi Mowshowitz](/source/Zvi_Mowshowitz) (born 1979), American *Magic: The Gathering* player
- [Zvi Nishri](/source/Zvi_Nishri) (Orloff) (1878–1973), Russian/Palestinian/Israeli pioneer in modern physical education
- [Zvi Ofer](/source/Zvi_Ofer) (1932–1968), Israeli officer awarded the Medal of Valor
- [Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim](/source/Zvi_Yaakov_Oppenheim) (1854–1926), Lithuanian rabbi
- [Zvi Hermann Schapira](/source/Zvi_Hermann_Schapira) (1840–1898), Russian mathematician
- [Zvi Schreiber](/source/Zvi_Schreiber) (born 1969), British-Israeli entrepreneur
- [Zvi Segal](/source/Zvi_Segal) (1901–1965), signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence
- [Zvi Sherf](/source/Zvi_Sherf) (born 1951), Israeli basketball coach
- [Zvi Sobolofsky](/source/Zvi_Sobolofsky), Orthodox American rabbi
- [Zvi Thau](/source/Zvi_Thau) (born 1939), Israeli rabbi
- [Zvi Weinberg](/source/Zvi_Weinberg) (1935–2006), Israeli politician
- [Zvi Yair](/source/Zvi_Yair) (1915–2005), Hungarian rabbi
- [Zvi Yavetz](/source/Zvi_Yavetz) (1925–2013), Israeli historian
- [Zvi Yehezkeli](/source/Zvi_Yehezkeli) (born 1970), Israeli journalist
- [Zvi Yehuda](/source/Zvi_Yehuda) (1887-1965), Israeli politician
- [Zvi Yehuda Kook](/source/Zvi_Yehuda_Kook) (1891–1982), Jewish theologian
- [Zvi Zamir](/source/Zvi_Zamir) (1925–2024), Israeli general
- [Zvi Zilker](/source/Zvi_Zilker) (1933-2021), Israeli politician
- [Zvi Zimmerman](/source/Zvi_Zimmerman) (1913–2006), Israeli politician

## References

1. Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter & Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). [*Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_dQP4nHgyVUC&pg=PA881). Hoboken, N.J: KTAV Publishing House. p. 881. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. [OCLC 25093664](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25093664). Retrieved 29 June 2019.

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