Ziva may refer to: ; Given name *

Ziva Ben-Porat Ziva Ben-Porat is a literary theorist, writer, and editor who lives in Israel and is a professor at Tel Aviv University. Personal life Ben-Porat graduated with a bachelor's degree in English and Hebrew literature and a master's degree in English ...

, an Israeli writer and literary theorist *

Ziva David Ziva David (; Hebrew: זיוה דוד, , feminine form of Ziv: "Radiance"; birth date November 12, 1982, Beersheba in the Negev desert of southern Israel). She was born in Be'er Sheva, Israel. is a fictional character from the CBS television seri ...

, a fictional character on the American TV series ''NCIS'' *

Ziva Kunda Ziva Kunda (June 13, 1955 – February 24, 2004) was an Israeli social psychologist and professor at the University of Waterloo known for her work in social cognition and motivated reasoning. Her seminal paper "The Case for Motivated Reasoning", p ...

(1955–2004), a Canadian social psychologist *

Ziva Rodann Ziva Rodann ( he, זיוה רודן, born Ziva Blechman ; 2 March 1933), known first as Ziva Shapir (), is an Israeli-American actress. She was a Hollywood film star and a frequent guest star on television series from the late 1950s to the late 1 ...

, an Israeli actress ; Other uses * ''Ziva'' (crustacean), an extinct genus of crustaceans in the order

Palaeocopida Palaeocopida is an order of ostracods in the subclass Podocopa. Most species in the suborder are extinct, and only the genera ''Manawa'' and '' Puncia'' in the family Punciidae Punciidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Palaeoc ...

Ziva (dish) Ziva ( he, זיוה) is an Israeli dish made of puff pastry topped with sesame seeds, and stuffed with cheese and olives. Ziva is served at home and in restaurants. Ziva is cooked in a style similar to the Yemenite Malawach but its ingredients ...

, an Israeli pastry

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