| Shiv | Devansh | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Auspicious; Lord Shiva | Part of the divine |
| Origin | Sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | SHIV | day-VAHNSH |
| Syllables | 1 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1984 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2024 (92) | 2017 (119) |
| In 2025 | 92 | 0 |
| Trend | Near its peak | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Shiv | Devansh |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 505 | 446 |
| 2010s | 719 | 504 |
| 2000s | 627 | 87 |
| 1990s | 291 | 0 |
| 1980s | 51 | 0 |
Shiv names Lord Shiva and means “auspicious” or “benign.”
A compound of Sanskrit देव (deva, 'god, divine') + अंश (aṃśa, 'portion, part'), read as 'a part/spark of God'. The elements are genuine Sanskrit, though the compound itself is a modern coinage used as a name rather than a classical term.
Shiv is more popular than Devansh today: about 92 US babies were given the name Shiv in 2025, compared with 0 named Devansh.
Shiv means Auspicious; Lord Shiva (Sanskrit origin), while Devansh means Part of the divine (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Shiv first appears in 1984 and Devansh in 0, so Devansh has the longer recorded history.