Given name & surname
Shibani
“God is gracious”
Shibani is a variant of Siobhan. In Irish use, Siobhan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shibani is a variant of Siobhan. In Irish use, Siobhan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shibani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 5 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 267 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shibani’s family of names
Shibani has a related form in Siobhan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shibani
- Shibani DandekarIndian-Australian singer, actress, anchor and modelborn 1980
- Shibani KashyapIndian actressborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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