Želiv (German: Seelau) is a municipality and village in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.

Želiv consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The name is derived from the personal name Žel (shortened variant of the name Želibor or Želislav), meaning "Žel's".

The Trnávka Reservoir is situated on the Trnava in the southwestern part of the municipality.

Želiv is known for architecturally valuable Premonstratensian monastery with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.

The monastery was founded in 1139 and renewed in 1712 according to design by Jan Santini Aichel.