Zev Wolf Explained

Zev Wolf or Ze'ev Wolf (yi|זאב-וואָלף) is a bilingual pleonasmic Jewish name doublet. "Ze'ev" (he|זאב|zeév|link=no) means "wolf", and "Wolf" has the same meaning in Yiddish and German.^[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Zev Wolf of Zbaraz (died 1822), Hasidic rabbi
• Zev Wolf of Zhitomyr (died 1798), Hasidic rabbi
• Zev Wolf Buchner (1750–1820), Hebrew-language grammarian and poet
• Zev Wolf Gold (1889–1956), rabbi and Jewish activist
• Zev Wolf Kitzes (born c. 1685, died between 1764 and 1775), Hasidic rabbi
• Zev Wolf Mendlin (1842–1912), Russian economist

Notes and References

1. [Ghil'ad Zuckermann|Zuckermann, Ghil'ad]