Shiva

Where Shiva comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Shiva
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Shiva through the years
  1. 1980
    First appearance
    #5,525 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1997
    Peak, #3,738
    18 babies named Shiva, its best rank.
  4. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #8,767.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Shiva hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.