Ziva is a Hebrew name that means "radiance" or "brilliance", from the same root as the word ziv, used for the glow of light; it is also used in Slovene and Croatian families as a form of Živa, "alive". American audiences met it through Ziva David, the Israeli agent on the television series NCIS, which explains the name's jump after 2005. Ziva peaked at number 1243 in 2011 and ranks number 1580 in 2025.