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Shivam
शिवम्Say it SHI-vum
- Meaning today
- Auspicious, lord shiva
- Original meaning
- "auspicious, kind, benign; (neuter) welfare, prosperity, bliss" Monier-Williams, p. 1074
- Say it
- SHI-vum
- Written
- शिवम्
Shivam
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Shivam meaning
Shivam (शिवम्) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Auspicious, kind, benign; (neuter) welfare, prosperity, bliss
Also used to mean: lord shiva
Shivam (शिवम्) is the neuter form of Sanskrit śiva, "auspicious, kind, benign". Monier-Williams gives the adjective as auspicious, propitious, gracious, kind and friendly, and the neuter noun as welfare, prosperity and bliss, and also final liberation; as an adverb śivam means kindly. As a masculine name Śiva, "the auspicious one", is the great god of the Hindu trinity. The phrase satyam śivam sundaram, "the true, the good, the beautiful", uses this same form. Name lists give Shivam as "auspicious" or "Lord Shiva".
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Shiva.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1074 · entry śiva · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, śiva, p. 1074