# Tzvi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tzvi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “gazelle” |
| Pronunciation | /(t)sviː/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,218 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,218 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 247, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew צְבִי (ts'vi, literally “gazelle”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 121 | 1,383 |
| 2012 | 96 | 1,625 |
| 2013 | 117 | 1,425 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,384 |
| 2015 | 140 | 1,282 |
| 2016 | 131 | 1,365 |
| 2017 | 149 | 1,235 |
| 2018 | 153 | 1,222 |
| 2019 | 170 | 1,150 |
| 2020 | 177 | 1,117 |
| 2021 | 192 | 1,096 |
| 2022 | 180 | 1,154 |
| 2023 | 181 | 1,155 |
| 2024 | 181 | 1,158 |
| 2025 | 200 | 1,079 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.