Shiv

See also: shiv

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Shiva, from Sanskrit शिव (Śivá, “the auspicious one”).

Proper noun

Shiv

  1. A male given name mainly used in India.

Etymology 2

From Siobhan and its other anglicised spellings.

Proper noun

Shiv

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Siobhan.
    • 2003 Ian Rankin, A Question of Blood, Orion, →ISBN, page 19:
      'Hiya, Shiv. It's Bobby Hogan here.' Detective Inspector Bobby Hogan. She'd asked him before not to call her Shiv. A lot of people tried it. Siobhan, pronounced Shi-vawn, shortened to Shiv. When people wrote her name down, it turned into all sorts of erroneous spellings. She remembered that Fairstone had called her 'Shiv' a few times, attempting familiarity. She hated it, and knew she should correct Hogan, but she didn't.

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