{"id":2354,"date":"2018-12-03T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2019-01-04T09:19:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:19:47","slug":"aviv-and-stav-the-origin-and-meaning-of-two-common-hebrew-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/aviv-and-stav-the-origin-and-meaning-of-two-common-hebrew-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviv and Stav: The Origin and Meaning of Two Common Hebrew Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two out of four seasons became popular Hebrew names: Aviv <strong>\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d1<\/strong> (means \u201cspring\u201d) and Stav <strong>\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5<\/strong> (means \u201cautumn\u201d).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2357\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\" wp-image-2357\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/10\/tree3-350x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/10\/tree3-350x201.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/10\/tree3-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/10\/tree3-1024x589.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yarkon Park, Israel 2017, photo by Ayana<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Aviv <\/strong><strong>\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My grandmother\u2019s old friend never celebrated her birthday. She didn\u2019t know the exact day, she didn\u2019t even know the year (<strong>\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4<\/strong> sha-na) she was born. She only knew she was born during spring, because her parents named her Aviva <strong>\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Back then it was clear: boys get boys\u2019 names, and girls get girls\u2019 names. A boy born during spring could be called Aviv. But parents who wanted to name their new born daughter after the season (<strong>\u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4<\/strong> o-na) of renewal and growth added the letter <strong>\u05d4<\/strong> as suffix to indicate female.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, unisex names are prevalent and girls are named Aviv, too. The name Aviv doesn\u2019t necessarily symbolize the time of your birth anymore, either. My five-year-old sweet niece, for example, was born at a hot humid August day. My sister-in-law wished her baby a life of blossoming and flourishing, so she called her Aviv.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aviv_Geffen\">Aviv Gefen<\/a> <strong>\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05e4\u05b6\u05df<\/strong> is a famous Israeli singer. One of his popular songs called \u201cSeasons\u201d (\u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05e0\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea o-not). The song tells a little bit about Aviv\u2019s parents and his birth during the spring.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d2\u05e4\u05df - \u05e2\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SzGr282fgAM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stav <\/strong><strong>\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stav is a transition season (<strong>\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b7\u05ea \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8<\/strong> o-nat ma-a-var) as well. It became a name only during the last couple of decades. It is very rare to meet a young lady by the name Aviva, as it\u2019s very rare to meet an old person by the name Stav. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stav_Shaffir\">Stav Shaffir<\/a>, for example, was the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2015\/03\/stav-shaffir-ayelet-shaked-social-justice-habayit-hayehudi.html\/\">youngest<\/a>\u00a0female Knesset member of all time when elected in 2013 at the age of twenty-seven.<\/p>\n<p>Parents who choose the name Stav for their baby don\u2019t necessarily refer to the time of the birth, either. The Knesset Member Stav Shaffir was born during spring, in May. The model <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stav_Strashko\">Stav Strashko<\/a>, on the other hand, was born in the first days of autumn, at the end of September. As many modern names it is unisex as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summer <\/strong><strong>\u05e7\u05b7\u05d9\u05c5\u05e5, Winter <\/strong><strong>\u05d7\u05d5\u05ba\u05e8\u05b6\u05e3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I never met or heard of any Israeli by the name <strong>\u05e7\u05b7\u05d9\u05c5\u05e5<\/strong> (\u201csummer\u201d) or <strong>\u05d7\u05d5\u05ba\u05e8\u05b6\u05e3<\/strong> (\u201cwinter\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Text vocabulary<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Year (female) = <strong>\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4<\/strong> (sha-na)<\/p>\n<p>Years = <strong>\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd<\/strong> (sha-nim)<\/p>\n<p>Month (masculine) = <strong>\u05d7\u05b9\u05d5\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1<\/strong> (ho-desh)<\/p>\n<p>Months = <strong>\u05d7\u05d5\u05ba\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd<\/strong> (ho-da-shim)<\/p>\n<p>Season (female) = <strong>\u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4<\/strong> (o-na)<\/p>\n<p>Seasons = <strong>\u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05e0\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea<\/strong> (o-not)<\/p>\n<p>Transition season = <strong>\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b7\u05ea \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8<\/strong> (o-nat ma-a-var)<\/p>\n<p>Spring (masculine) = <strong>\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d1<\/strong> (a-viv)<\/p>\n<p>Autumn (masculine) = <strong>\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5<\/strong> (s-tav)<\/p>\n<p>Summer (masculine) = <strong>\u05e7\u05b7\u05d9\u05c5\u05e5<\/strong> (ka-itz)<\/p>\n<p>Winter (masculine) = <strong>\u05d7\u05d5\u05ba\u05e8\u05b6\u05e3<\/strong> (ho-ref)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/tal-the-origin-of-a-common-hebrew-name\/\">Tal: The Origin of a Common Hebrew Name<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/shahar-the-origin-of-a-common-hebrew-name\/\">Shahar: The Origin of a Common Hebrew Name<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/adi-the-origin-of-a-common-hebrew-name\/\">Adi: The Origin of a Common Hebrew Name<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Keep Calm and Learn Hebrew<\/span><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/10\/tree3-350x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/10\/tree3-350x201.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/10\/tree3-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/10\/tree3-1024x589.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Two out of four seasons became popular Hebrew names: Aviv \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d1 (means \u201cspring\u201d) and Stav \u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 (means \u201cautumn\u201d). Aviv \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d1 My grandmother\u2019s old friend never celebrated her birthday. She didn\u2019t know the exact day, she didn\u2019t even know the year (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 sha-na) she was born. 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