Shivani

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Kumbh
• Nakshatra: Shatabhisha
• More names starting with S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati; Goddess Parvati, wife of Shiva; Goddess Parvati; belonging to Shiva”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Aditya — Meanings families give: Sun, belonging to Aditi; Son of Aditi, the sun; Sun, son of Aditi, solar deity
• Aishani — Goddess Durga, belonging to the northeast direction
• Oishee — Divine, of God; belonging to the divine
• Ektesveri — Of one God, belonging to the singular divine
• Kousalya — Goddess Lakshmi, belonging to Kosala
• Surya — the wife of the god

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Gujarati origin

• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Jhanvi — Meanings families give: River Ganga; River Ganga, flowing and pure
• Meera — Meanings families give: Devoted, ocean; Devotee of Lord Krishna; ocean; Saintly, prosperous, ocean; Devotee of Krishna, ocean
• Nishka — Meanings families give: Pure, honest gold; Pure, gold coin
• Dhriti — Meanings families give: Courage, morale, steadiness; Determination, courage; Patience, firmness
• Hansika — Meanings families give: A little swan, graceful and white; Small swan; beautiful woman

Other names under Kumbh rashi

• Saanvi — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows; Goddess Lakshmi, knowledge
• Shreya — Meanings families give: Auspicious, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, excellent; Auspicious, best; one who brings good fortune; Auspicious, better, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, prosperity; Beautiful, auspicious, fortunate
• Siya — Meanings families give: Goddess Sita; Goddess Sita, white; Goddess Sita, pure white
• Shiv — n. auspicious, propitious, gracious, favourable, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly, dear ( ind. kindly, tenderly)
• Shivansh — Meanings families give: Part of Lord Shiva; Part of Shiva, a divine fragment of the cosmic lord
• Siddharth — Meanings families give: One who has attained; One who has accomplished his goals, Gautam Buddha; One who has attained his goals, Buddha; One who has attained his goals; One who has attained his goal; One who has attained goals; the Buddha

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Kumbh names.

Where this comes from

Shivani 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.