Shiven
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.
Shiven by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Shiven. In the US, 19 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 46 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Shiven
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 Shiven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shivanauspicious or gracious; from Shiva9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stivencrown; wreath; a form of Stephen8 in the US (2017)
- Shivin6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stevencrown; wreath2,148 in the US (2017)
- Shimonhe has heard; a form of Simon173 in the US (2017)
- Shivamauspicious or peaceful; a form of Shiva12 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Shiven
Names that are said the same way as Shiven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Shivaangracious, auspicious; a form of Shiva8 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Shiven
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