MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shambhu mean?
Shambhu is a Sanskrit epithet describing one who brings happiness or welfare. It is especially familiar as a name of Shiva, though classical texts also apply it to Brahma and Vishnu. The Sanskrit adjective behind the title also has the sense of being kind or helpful.
Pronunciation
IAST: śambhu
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शम्भु
Letter-by-letter: śambhu
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शम्भू
Letter-by-letter: śambhū
86,540 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
शंभू
Letter-by-letter: śaṃbhū
50,710 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
शंभु
Letter-by-letter: śaṃbhu
34,843 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shambhu in Indian usage
3,938 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 207 |
| 1960s | 504 |
| 1970s | 1,357 |
| 1980s | 1,286 |
| 1990s | 406 |
| Other decades | 178 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 3,202 |
| Karnataka | 198 |
| Goa | 182 |
| Kerala | 118 |
| Other states | 238 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, śambhu, p. 1055,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.