MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shivshankar mean?
Shivshankar pairs Shiva with his epithet Shankara. The second member combines śam, well-being, with kara, maker. Shiva is traditionally portrayed with the crescent moon in his hair.
Pronunciation
IAST: śivaśaṅkara
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिवशंकर
Letter-by-letter: śivaśaṅkara
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shivshankar in Indian usage
98,903 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: 508 records (0.5%).
- Recorded as male: 98,395 records (99.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,448 |
| 1940s | 4,833 |
| 1950s | 10,674 |
| 1960s | 18,179 |
| 1970s | 22,551 |
| 1980s | 25,227 |
| 1990s | 15,667 |
| Other decades | 324 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 45,881 |
| Bihar | 31,938 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8,532 |
| Jharkhand | 7,286 |
| Rajasthan | 3,371 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,090 |
| Maharashtra | 320 |
| Uttarakhand | 215 |
| Other states | 270 |
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