MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shibu mean?
Shibu is an affectionate short form associated with Shiva in eastern Indian naming. It is also established as an independent name in Kerala, where the short form need not imply a specific longer formal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिबु
Conventional spelling
Bengali
শিবু
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
ഷിബു
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शिबू
Letter-by-letter: śibū
4,152 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
शिब्बू
Letter-by-letter: śibbū
1,899 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shibu in Indian usage
27,569 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 121 records (0.4%).
- Recorded as male: 27,448 records (99.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,702 |
| 1970s | 14,204 |
| 1980s | 10,099 |
| Other decades | 1,564 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 27,120 |
| Delhi | 166 |
| Other states | 283 |
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, śiva, p. 1074,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.