Zvi m
Jewish: Hebrew name meaning ‘hart, deer’. It has become a popular modern Hebrew name as a translation of Yiddish HIRSH (SEE Hirsh) and HERSHEL (SEE Hershel). The deer is traditionally associated with the name NAPHTALI (SEE Naphtali), because in his dying blessing the patriarch Jacob says ‘Naphtali is a hind let loose’ (Genesis 49: 21). In this verse the Hebrew word for ‘hind’ is ayala, but since this is a feminine noun (see AYALA (SEE Ayala) and HINDE (SEE Hinde)), the masculine noun zvi is substituted as a male given name.
Variant: Zwi (German, Dutch, and Polish spelling).
First names dictionary. 2012.