Shivom
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Shivom by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Shivom. In the US, 7 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 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 Shivom
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 Shivom. 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)
- Shilohthe one to whom it belongs; place name788 in the US (2017)
- Shimonhe has heard; a form of Simon173 in the US (2017)
- Shalompeace130 in the US (2017)
- Sholompeace; a form of Shalom46 in the US (2017)
- Shilohe for whom it is; a form of Shiloh29 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shivom
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