Shivin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Shivin by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Shivin. In the US, 6 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 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Shivin
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 Shivin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shivanauspicious or gracious; from Shiva9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shiven7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shivik3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shimonhe has heard; a form of Simon173 in the US (2017)
- Shivamauspicious or peaceful; a form of Shiva12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sivana hebrew month name; ninth month18 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Shivin
Names that are said the same way as Shivin, 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 Shivin
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