Zaven (Armenian: Զավեն) is an Armenian given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Zaven I, catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Zaven I Der Yeghiayan of Constantinople, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- Zaven Badoyan, Armenian football player
- Zaven Collins (born 1999), American football player
- Zaven Khatchaturian, neuroscientist and Alzheimer's disease researcher
- Zaven Andriasian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
- Zaven Yaralian, American football coach
- Zaven Paré, French new media artist
- Zaven Biberyan, Turkish writer, editor, and author of Armenian descent
- Zaven Kouyoumdjian, Lebanese talk show host, producer and television personality
- Zaven Almazyan, Soviet serial killer and rapist
- Leon Zaven Surmelian, Armenian-American author