Shivai
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Shivai by the numbers
Shivai was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Shivai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shivai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shivamauspicious or peaceful; a form of Shiva12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shivathe auspicious one; hindu deity of destruction and renewal6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shivanauspicious or gracious; from Shiva9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shivay14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shivaayanother name for shiva; the supreme being12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sivana hebrew month name; ninth month18 in the US (2017)
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