Shiv
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning auspicious; associated with the Hindu deity Shiva.
Shiv by the numbers
In 2025, 35 babies in England and Wales were named Shiv. In the US, 78 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 87 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shiv. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Shiv, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean good luck
Like Shiv, each of these has good luck in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chancefortune, luck; occupational name1,359 in the US (2017)
- Boonegood, favorable; from a surname334 in the US (2017)
- Umarlong-lived, flourishing214 in England and Wales (2025)
- Antonworthy of praise; flourishing203 in the US (2017)
- Aymanblessed, fortunate, auspicious203 in England and Wales (2025)
- Virgilflourishing, virile96 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shiv
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