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Shambhu
शम्भुSay it SHUM-bhoo
- Meaning today
- Lord shiva, giver of happiness
- Original meaning
- "granting happiness, beneficent, kind; a name of Śiva" Monier-Williams, p. 1055
- Say it
- SHUM-bhoo
- Written
- शम्भु
- Other spellings
- Shambu, Sambhu
Shambhu
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Shambhu meaning
Shambhu (शम्भु) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Granting happiness, beneficent, kind; a name of Śiva
Also used to mean: lord shiva, giver of happiness
Shambhu (शम्भु) is Sanskrit śambhu, from śam, "happiness, welfare", and bhū, "being". Monier-Williams gives it as existing for happiness, granting or causing happiness, beneficent, benevolent and kind, and records it above all as a name of Śiva, and also of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra and one of the eleven Rudras. It is one of Shiva's most familiar names in hymns and everyday prayer. Name lists give Shambhu as "Lord Shiva" or "giver of happiness", matching the dictionary.
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Shiva.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1055 · entry śambhu · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, śambhu, p. 1055
Spellings
Shambhu · Shambu · Sambhu