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Zahava

Zahava is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Israel, United States
US records 1880–2017
0 male / 574 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Zahava

If you do not know Zahava’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Zahava,” in English, “Guten Tag Zahava,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Zahava,

German

Guten Tag Zahava,

French

Bonjour Zahava,

Spanish

Estimado/a Zahava:

Chinese

Zahava您好：

Japanese

Zahava様

English

Hi Zahava,

German

Hi Zahava,

French

Salut Zahava,

Spanish

Hola Zahava,

Chinese

Zahava你好：

Japanese

Zahavaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Zahava by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Israeluncommonwoman's name
United Statesuncommonwoman's name

United States birth data

0 male · 574 female · 574 births recorded

Male ≈ 0%Female ≈ 100%

Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Zahava a male or female name?

Zahava is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Zahava in an email?

If you do not know Zahava’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Zahava,” in English, “Guten Tag Zahava,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Zahava a unisex name?

Zahava is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MosheMaleChanaFemaleChayaFemaleYaelMostly femaleChaimMaleMalkaFemaleMordechaiMaleRivkaFemale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Zahava a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/zahava. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_zahava,
  title  = {Is Zahava a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/zahava},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}