Ziv Explained
Ziv (Hebrew: זיו|link=no) 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
- 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)
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