Zvi ( and , Tzvi, Ṣvi, "gazelle") is a Jewish masculine given name. It is sometimes paired with Hirsch, the German and Yiddish word for "deer", in a bilingual pleonasm.

Notable people with this name include:

• Zvi Aharoni (1921–2012), Israeli Mossad agent

• Zvi Arad (1942–2018), Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, president of Netanya Academic College

• Zvi Hirsch Gregor Belkovsky (1865–1948), jurist, economist, and Zionist activist

• Zvi Ben-Avraham (born 1941), Israeli geophysicist

• Zvi Bern (born 1960), American physicist

• Zvi Bodie (born 1943), American academic

• Zvi Bornstein (1926–2024), Slovak antifascist fighter

• Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), Orthodox Polish rabbi

• Zvi Chalamish, Israeli financier

• Zvi Dror (1926–2025), Israeli historian

• Zvi Elpeleg (1926–2015), Israeli academic

• Zvi Galil (born 1947), Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, and President of Tel Aviv University

• Zvika Greengold (born 1952), Israeli officer during the Yom Kippur War, awarded the Medal of Valor

• Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), Jewish-American economist

• Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (1857-1947), American rabbi

• Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (born 1952), Israeli rebbe

• Zvi Hecker (1931-2023), Israeli architect

• Zvi Heifetz (born 1956), Israeli diplomat

• Zvi Hendel (born 1949), Israeli politician

• Zvi Hercowitz (born 1945), Israeli economist

• Zvi Hirsch Kaidanover (1650–1712), German rabbi

• Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795–1874), Orthodox German rabbi

• Zvi Kogan (1996-2024), Israeli-Moldovan rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates

• Zvi Kolitz (1912-2002), Israeli film producer

• Zvi Laron (born 1927), Israeli physician

• Zvi Lieberman (1891–1985), Russian-born Israeli author

• Zvi Luria (1906–1968), Israeli politician

• Zvi Magen (born 1945), Israeli ambassador

• Zvi Mazel (born 1939), Israeli diplomat

• Zvi Mowshowitz (born 1979), American Magic: The Gathering player

• Zvi Nishri (Orloff) (1878–1973), Russian/Palestinian/Israeli pioneer in modern physical education

• Zvi Ofer (1932–1968), Israeli officer awarded the Medal of Valor

• Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim (1854–1926), Lithuanian rabbi

• Zvi Hermann Schapira (1840–1898), Russian mathematician

• Zvi Schreiber (born 1969), British-Israeli entrepreneur

• Zvi Segal (1901–1965), signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence

• Zvi Sherf (born 1951), Israeli basketball coach

• Zvi Sobolofsky, Orthodox American rabbi

• Zvi Thau (born 1939), Israeli rabbi

• Zvi Weinberg (1935–2006), Israeli politician

• Zvi Yair (1915–2005), Hungarian rabbi

• Zvi Yavetz (1925–2013), Israeli historian

• Zvi Yehezkeli (born 1970), Israeli journalist

• Zvi Yehuda (1887-1965), Israeli politician

• Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), Jewish theologian

• Zvi Zamir (1925–2024), Israeli general

• Zvi Zilker (1933-2021), Israeli politician

• Zvi Zimmerman (1913–2006), Israeli politician

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