What does the name Shivakumar mean?

Shivakumar means "Son of Shiva, the young lord". It is a boy's name of Kannada origin.

Shivakumar

Shivakumar means Son of Shiva, the young lord.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	boy
Origin	Kannada
Language	Kannada
Starts with	S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Son of Shiva, the young lord”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Navya — Meanings families give: Young, praiseworthy; Young, new, worth praising; New, fresh, worth praising; Young, beautiful, new; New, young, worthy of praise
Tanvi — Meanings families give: Slender, delicate, young woman; Beautiful, slender, delicate; Slender, delicate, beautiful
Yuvan — Meanings families give: Young, strong; Young, healthy, youthful; Youthful, strong; Young, youthful, vigorous; Young and strong, youthful
Ivaan — God is gracious, young warrior
Navika — New, fresh, young
Yuvi — Meanings families give: Young warrior; Young, youthful champion

More boys' names of Kannada origin

Puneeth — Purified, holy, sacred
Manjunatha — Lord of the misty peaks, Shiva
Manjunath — Lord of the misty peaks, Shiva
Basavaraj — King among devotees of Basavanna
Guru — Teacher, Jupiter, spiritual guide
Nagaraj — serpent-king

Where this comes from

Shivakumar has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.