MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shiv mean?
Shiv is the northern personal-name form of Sanskrit Shiva, the auspicious one. Shiva is the deity identified with both dissolution and renewal in the Hindu triad.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिव
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शीव
Letter-by-letter: śīva
1,632 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shiv in Indian usage
1,632 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शीव.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 334 records (20.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,298 records (79.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 245 |
| 1970s | 470 |
| 1980s | 721 |
| Other decades | 196 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 893 |
| Other states | 739 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Shiv / M | 35 | 896 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Shiv; Table_6, C915 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Shiv; Table_6, C915
- Monier-Williams, śiva, p. 1074,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.