Shiva is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Shiva one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
Shiva is the name of the Hindu God of destruction and restoration. In India, it is a masculine name, in other countries a feminine one.
Shiva means “kind”, “benign” and “auspicious” (from Sanskrit “shiva/शिव”).
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