Given name & surname
Jivan
“a giver of life”
Jivan is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “a giver of life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “a giver of life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jivan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 198
- 198 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,283 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,283 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 296 as a first name in 2020; 197 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jivan’s family of names
Jivan has a related form in Jiven. Jivan has a related form in Jivin. Jivan has a related form in Jivon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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