Given name · Tamil
சிவன்
சிவன் (Civaṉ) is a masculine given name from Proto-Dravidian. It is used in Tamil.
TamilWritten in Tamil script.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Dravidian *-anṯu, built from Sanskrit शिव + Tamil -அன்.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
சிவன்’s family of names
In Tamil usage, சிவன் shares an earlier linguistic root with சிவம்.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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