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Shaivi
शैवीSay it SHY-vee
- Meaning today
- Devotee of shiva, daughter of shiva
- Original meaning
- "belonging or sacred to Śiva; a name of the goddess Mānasā" Monier-Williams, p. 1090
- Say it
- SHY-vee
- Written
- शैवी
- Other spellings
- Shaivee
Shaivi
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Shaivi meaning
Shaivi (शैवी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin.
Belonging or sacred to Śiva; a name of the goddess Mānasā
Also used to mean: devotee of shiva, daughter of shiva
Shaivi (शैवी) is the feminine of Sanskrit śaiva, "relating or belonging or sacred to the god Śiva", the same word that names the Śaiva tradition of Hinduism. Monier-Williams also records Śaivī as a name of the goddess Mānasā, worshipped in eastern India as a goddess of snakes, and gives the neuter śaiva as auspiciousness or welfare. Name lists explain Shaivi as "devotee of Shiva" or "daughter of Shiva"; the first follows the dictionary, while the second is a loose modern reading of "belonging to Śiva". It is a short, modern-sounding name.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1090 · entry śaiva, śaivī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, śaiva / śaivī, p. 1090
Spellings
Shaivi · Shaivee