Given name
Sheeva
Sheeva is a variant of Shiva. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is good; lucky; in Hinduism, the god of destruction and restoration.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheeva is a variant of Shiva. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is good; lucky; in Hinduism, the god of destruction and restoration.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sheeva is a variant of Shiva. An origin associated with Shiva is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheeva through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 0 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1989.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sheeva
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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