Shiva Forename
3,898th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 268,636 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar
Shiva Forename User-submission:
Shiva and variants are the name of a Hindu deity. Derived from a Sanskrit word, which means 'auspicious, kind, benevolent, and friendly'.
Shiva Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 87% | 194,225 | 1:6,255 | 751 |
| Iran | 53% | 53,818 | 1:1,459 | 248 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,264 | 1:9,440 | 1,366 |
| United States | 54% | 3,186 | 1:113,791 | 4,856 |
| Qatar | 99% | 2,162 | 1:1,096 | 80 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,931 | 1:10,771 | 1,590 |
| Oman | - | 943 | 1:4,357 | 595 |
| Poland | 100% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 61% | 702 | 1:1,939 | 371 |
| Canada | 75% | 696 | 1:47,605 | 3,189 |
| Nepal | - | 665 | 1:42,838 | 3,258 |
| England | 76% | 658 | 1:84,503 | 3,357 |
| Afghanistan | 90% | 489 | 1:66,715 | 2,816 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 427 | 1:604,130 | 43,191 |
| Bhutan | 77% | 407 | 1:2,027 | 215 |
| Fiji | - | 374 | 1:2,386 | 670 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Ghana | 100% | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Malaysia | 86% | 276 | 1:110,326 | 7,544 |
| Australia | - | 256 | 1:53,350 | 2,468 |
| Netherlands | 58% | 231 | 1:73,169 | 4,318 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 219 | 1:887,478 | 16,427 |
| Sweden | 87% | 206 | 1:47,854 | 2,551 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| New Zealand | - | 180 | 1:25,200 | 1,809 |
| Singapore | 90% | 122 | 1:51,533 | 6,713 |
| Thailand | 60% | 118 | 1:593,778 | 26,495 |
| Suriname | - | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Germany | 88% | 105 | 1:920,742 | 7,483 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| DR Congo | 58% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| France | 63% | 87 | 1:764,027 | 6,772 |
| Brazil | 65% | 65 | 1:3,295,941 | 59,155 |
| Philippines | 93% | 65 | 1:1,630,915 | 38,369 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 61 | 1:117,246 | 8,700 |
| Russia | 57% | 51 | 1:2,828,112 | 16,785 |
| Norway | 61% | 40 | 1:128,308 | 3,796 |
| Mauritius | - | 36 | 1:36,050 | 2,505 |
| Denmark | - | 34 | 1:166,162 | 3,974 |
| Nigeria | 53% | 34 | 1:5,222,481 | 75,428 |
| South Africa | 63% | 33 | 1:1,652,505 | 52,695 |
| Guyana | 56% | 30 | 1:25,442 | 2,915 |
| Iraq | 100% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Switzerland | 60% | 27 | 1:304,204 | 5,947 |
| China | - | 25 | 1:54,642,231 | 62,498 |
| Scotland | 75% | 25 | 1:214,015 | 3,700 |
| Israel | 97% | 24 | 1:350,122 | 8,219 |
| Congo | 91% | 20 | 1:250,460 | 6,428 |
| Finland | 55% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Belgium | 93% | 17 | 1:675,885 | 9,645 |
| Hong Kong | - | 16 | 1:484,545 | 4,322 |
| Spain | 100% | 14 | 1:3,323,569 | 14,016 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Italy | 78% | 11 | 1:5,551,099 | 24,143 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Mexico | 50% | 8 | 1:15,518,053 | 39,880 |
| Wales | 67% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Uganda | 50% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Austria | 75% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Hungary | 58% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 69% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Shivä (1) are calculated separately.
Shiva (18,468) may also be a surname.
Shiva Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Shiva and variants are the name of a Hindu deity. Derived from a Sanskrit word, which means 'auspicious, kind, benevolent, and friendly'.
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Shiva Demographics
Average Male Shiva Height
171.77 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 265 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Shiva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shiva in the Russian language | ||
| Шива | siva | - |
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