Aviv
Aviv () means "barley ripening", and by extension "spring season" in Hebrew. It is also used as a given name, surname, and place name, as in Tel Aviv. The first month of the year is called the month of Aviv in the Pentateuch. The month is called Nisan in the book of Esther, and in subsequent post-exilic history up to the present day. These names are sometimes used interchangeably, although Aviv refers to the three month season, and Nisan is called the "first month of Aviv." As a name. Aviv is also a Hebrew male and female name. The  old and uncommon Russian Christian male given name "" ("Aviv") was possibly also borrowed from Biblical Hebrew, where it derived from the word "abīb", meaning "an ear" or "a time of year where grains come into ear", also known as "Aviv" (or Nisan—the first month of the Hebrew calendar). The feminine version of the name is Aviva. The diminutives of "Aviv" are Aviva () and Viva (). The patronymics derived from "Aviv" are "" ("Avivovich"; masculine) and "" ("Avivovna"; feminine).