Tsvi-Hirsh Explained

Tsvi Hirsh, Tzvi Hirsh, Zebi Hirsh, Zvi Hirsh, etc. (yi|צבי-הירש‎) is a bilingual pleonasmic Jewish name doublet, literally "deer-deer", traceable back to the Hebrew word צבי‎ tsvi "deer" and the Middle High German word hirz "deer".^[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Samuel Zvi Hirsh "Henryk" Peltyn or Samuel Peltyn
• Tsvi Hirsh Bonhardt
• Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov
• Zebi Hirsch Kaidanover
• Zebi Hirsch Scherschewski
• Zebi Hirsch Sundeles
• Zvi Hirsh Broide
• Zvi Hirsch Masliansky
• Zvi Hirsh Yosef HaKohen Resnick or Zvi Yosef Resnick

Notes and References

1. [Ghil'ad Zuckermann|Zuckermann, Ghil'ad]