Shivanya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.
Shivanya by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Shivanya. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Shivanya
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 Shivanya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shivayarelating to shiva; the auspicious one3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shivanifeminine form of shiva; the auspicious one37 in the US (2017)
- Sharanyaone who seeks refuge; protected11 in the US (2017)
- Shivyarelated to shiva; auspicious3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shanya16 in the US (2017)
- Shianna10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shivanya
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