Ziv

Ziv (Hebrew: זיו‎‎) is a Hebrew language word and name meaning light or glow. It is also an alternative name of the Hebrew month of Iyar found in the early works of the Hebrew Bible before the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.

Some have written that the world was created twice. First God provided all his radiance and light, his 'Ziv' upon the world, but it was too much. On the second time, only one 'ziv', one ray of god's light, was enough.

The name Ziv can refer to:

• Ziv Kalontarov (born 1997), Israeli swimmer
• Frederick Ziv - An American broadcasting producer founder of Ziv Television Programs
• Jacob Ziv - An Israeli computer scientist
• Simcha Zissel Ziv - Rabbi, one of the primary leaders of the Musar movement
• Yoav Ziv - an Israeli football player
• Iyar - a Hebrew month, which was called Ziv in the Bible
• Ziv Medical Center a medical center in Safed

• Ziv Haskal - A renown American Interventional Radiologist