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How did Tel Aviv receive its name?

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Tel Aviv–Yafo Beach and high-rise buildings in Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel.

Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 and named after the Hebrew translation of Altneuland ("Old New Land"), a 1902 novel by Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism. In Hebrew, the name translates to "Spring Hill."

The name also carries a biblical association, as it is mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel in reference to a settlement of exiled Jews in Babylonia.1