Ziv

Ziv (Hebrew: זיו) is a Hebrew language word and name meaning "light" or "glow" and may refer to:

People

• Abraham Ziv (1940–2013), Israeli mathematician
• Amitai Ziv, (born 1958), Israeli physician
• Asaiah Ziv (born 1996), American hip hop musician
• Frederick Ziv (1905–2001), American broadcasting producer, founder of Ziv Television Programs
• Imri Ziv (born 1991), Israeli singer and actor
• Israel Ziv (born 1957), Israel general
• Jacob Ziv (born 1931), Israeli computer scientist
• Simcha Zissel Ziv (1824–1898), Russian rabbi and a leader of the Musar movement
• Yiftach Ziv (born 1995), Israeli basketball player
• Yitzhak Ziv (born 1937), Israeli politician
• Yoav Ziv (born 1981), Israeli football player
• Ziv Bar-Joseph (born 1971), Israeli computational biologist
• Ziv Better (born 1965), Israeli swimmer
• Ziv Kalontarov (born 1997), Israeli swimmer
• Ziv Koren (born 1970), Israeli photojournalist
• Ziv Rubinstein (born 1970), Israeli musician

Places

• Neve Ziv, also known as Ziv HaGalil, a community settlement in northern Israel
• Ziv Medical Center, or Rebecca Sieff Hospital, a hospital in Safed, Israel

Other uses

• Iyar, a Hebrew month, called Ziv in the Bible
• Ziv Television Programs, an American company that produced syndicated television programs.
• Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer (ZIV), a unit of Carl Zeiss AG that was responsible for developing and marketing the Icarex line of SLR cameras (1966–72)

See also

• Ziwa (Aramaic) (Aramaic cognate)