Entry № 739 · Hebrew origin

Aviv Aviv — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-VEEV /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Spring (modern Israeli unisex + Tel Aviv)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "spring (modern israeli unisex + tel aviv)".

Aviv is from the Hebrew aviv (אביב — spring). A modern American baby name in the broader Israeli-heritage aesthetic. Aviv in Hebrew traditionthe foundational Hebrew word for spring; the iconic month of Aviv is the foundational Hebrew month of spring barley harvest mentioned throughout the Torah (later renamed Nisan in the Babylonian calendar); the iconic biblical phrase Hodesh ha-Aviv (Month of Spring) appears in Exodus and Deuteronomy as the foundational time for the Passover festival; central to the Hebrew agricultural and religious calendar for over 3,000 years. Tel Aviviconic Israeli metropolis; founded in 1909 by 66 Jewish families on the outskirts of Jaffa as one of the first all-modern Hebrew cities in millennia; the name Tel Aviv (literally "Spring Mound") was chosen as the Hebrew translation of Theodor Herzl's iconic Zionist novel Altneuland (1902); today Tel Aviv-Yafo is Israel's iconic cultural, financial, and technological capital with a metro population of over 4 million; UNESCO World Heritage Site (2003) for the iconic Bauhaus/White City architecture — the largest concentration of 1930s International Style buildings in the world; one of the most-celebrated modern Mediterranean cities. Aviv Geffen (born 1973) — Israeli rock singer and son of poet Yonatan Geffen; one of the iconic figures of modern Israeli alternative rock. Aviv in modern Israeli naming — used widely as a unisex name. Princess Aviv — Israeli heritage naming.

Featured throughout Israeli heritage and Tel Aviv.

Spring (Hebrew). Foundational Hebrew biblical month + Tel Aviv (UNESCO 2003 Bauhaus White City) + iconic Aviv Geffen rocker.

The name in its native script.

אביב
Transliteration
Aviv
Pronunciation
/ ɑːˈviːv /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aviv stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Aviv · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Avivs before her.

Real people
Aviv Geffen
Iconic Israeli rock singer.
born 1973
In fiction
Tel Aviv
UNESCO Bauhaus White City + Israeli capital.
1909

Names connected to Aviv.

The number behind Aviv.

9

The Humanitarian

Aviv reduces to nine.

Why families chose this name.

"Hebrew spring. Four letters. Aviv."
Rachel · Mother of one · Tel Aviv