Girl · Modern · Hindu
Shivanya
शिवन्याSay it shi-VUN-yaa
- Meaning today
- Of shiva, gift of shiva, limitless
- In the dictionaries
- Not in the classical dictionaries; most likely a modern name
- Say it
- shi-VUN-yaa
- Written
- शिवन्या
- Other spellings
- Shivanyaa
Shivanya
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Shivanya meaning
Shivanya (शिवन्या) is a Hindu girl's name.
Meaning today
Of shiva, gift of shiva, limitless
In the dictionaries
The name isn't in the classical dictionaries we use, so it is most likely a modern name. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.
Shivanya (शिवन्या) is a modern girls' name. Its first part is clearly Śiva, which Monier-Williams gives as "auspicious, gracious" and the name of the god, "the Auspicious one". The full form, however, is not in the Sanskrit dictionaries, and name sites explain the ending in different ways, giving meanings such as "of Shiva", "gift of Shiva" or "limitless". None of these can be confirmed, so we treat Shivanya as a modern devotional name built on Śiva's name.
References: Monier-Williams, śiva, p. 1074
Spellings
Shivanya · Shivanyaa