MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sivam mean?
Sivam corresponds to the Sanskrit neuter form śivam, auspiciousness or good. The same adjective gives the deity Shiva his name.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शिवम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sivam in Indian usage
103,992 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,502 records (1.4%).
- Recorded as male: 102,490 records (98.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 489 |
| 1970s | 734 |
| 1980s | 10,364 |
| 1990s | 92,172 |
| Other decades | 233 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 65,298 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12,924 |
| Bihar | 11,075 |
| Delhi | 3,935 |
| Punjab | 2,438 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,106 |
| Haryana | 2,030 |
| Rajasthan | 1,850 |
| Jharkhand | 1,280 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 467 |
| Chandigarh | 208 |
| Goa | 164 |
| Other states | 217 |
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.