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 primarily among Ashkenazi Jews,^{[citation needed]} and often paired with the name Benjamin (referencing the description of Benjamin in Genesis as a "wolf that raveneth") or the Yiddish name "Volf" (װאָלף).

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

The name Ze'ev or Zev may refer to:

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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

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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 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

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

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Nissim Ze'ev (born 1951), Israeli politician
Oren Zeev (born 1964), technology investor

Fictional characters edit

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