Comments for the name Shiva

Comments for SHIVA:

I like this name. It is rather unusual and quite interesting. I've read a book called 'Shiva', but the character was a girl!

-- Tbird  6/23/2005

I think this is more of a feminine name than a masculine, but of course Shiva was a god and not a godess. But still it's more feminine.

-- honungspinglan  1/6/2007

I also would prefer this name on a girl.

-- Luangi  4/30/2007

As a non-Indian, I prefer this name on a girl. Maybe I'm just used to names ending with the letter 'a' being used on girls, but I can still imagine a young boy with this name.

-- Keeping Tempos  5/1/2007

I have a male friend named Sivakumar, "Siva" for short. (Pronounced "Shiva").

-- periola  5/30/2007

There was a book that was called Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples.

-- bibi66  6/9/2007

I am a Tamilian, but I think that this holds true not only in Tamil-speaking states but throughout India:
Shiva is NOT pronounced SHEE-va, it is pronounced with a short I sound
- SHI-va
SHEE-va is an anglicized pronunciation.

-- Anonymous User  8/18/2007

The German singer Nina Hagen named her daughter Cosma Shiva Hagen.

-- LoQuiero  12/17/2007

Also an Iranian name meaning "charming".

-- Anonymous User  3/16/2008

There's a character in the game Mortal Kombat named Shiva, who has four arms. This character, however, is a girl.

-- Anonymous User  3/29/2008

I love the meaning of the name.

-- Hushpuppy  12/2/2008

I'm not of the faith, so I could be wrong, but I believe a "Shiva" is the Jewish equivalent of a "wake."

-- erb816  3/17/2009

Shiva is a strictly masculine name. If anyone wants a feminine name of the same sound, consider the Irish Síomha.

-- Ailis  4/25/2009

This should be a girl's name. It sounds way too feminine for a boy, especially for a man!

-- kool_babe14  5/27/2009

I have a male classmate by the name of Shiva. He is some sort of Southeast Asian/Middle Eastern, so the name is fitting. Although, we did once have a substitute who, when calling attendance, thought he was a girl. He pronounces it "SHEE-vuh".

-- DaphneSusan  10/21/2010

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