MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shivnandan mean?
Nandana is a Sanskrit word for a son, connected with bringing joy. Shivnandan applies that relationship to Shiva. The devotional name can evoke Shiva’s sons Ganesha or Kartikeya.
Pronunciation
IAST: śivanandana
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिवनन्दन
Letter-by-letter: śivanandana
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शिवनंदन
Letter-by-letter: śivanaṃdana
8,082 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shivnandan in Indian usage
24,553 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 114 records (0.5%).
- Recorded as male: 24,439 records (99.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,065 |
| 1940s | 2,842 |
| 1950s | 4,600 |
| 1960s | 5,055 |
| 1970s | 4,378 |
| 1980s | 3,890 |
| 1990s | 2,507 |
| Other decades | 216 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 11,996 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,812 |
| Kerala | 3,556 |
| Jharkhand | 2,200 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,748 |
| Rajasthan | 130 |
| Other states | 111 |
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.