Sivan
Meaning
the god Shiva, "the auspicious one"
The story
Sivan carries two unrelated traditions that meet only in spelling. In Tamil use it is a name of the god Shiva, the auspicious one, so a boy called Sivan bears one of the oldest continuously worshipped names on earth in its Tamil form. In Israel, Sivan is the month of the Hebrew calendar in which tradition places the giving of the Torah at Sinai, and calendar months make natural given names there; that Sivan is borne mostly by girls and is a familiar modern Israeli choice. Neither tradition borrows from the other, and both are alive today. Our records treat the Tamil boys' use as primary. The US curve is empty until the 2020s, when the name first registers, small enough that every American Sivan ends up explaining either a god or a calendar to classmates. Few short names hold two complete civilizations this comfortably.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sivan has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
101 people · the #41,030 first name in Brazil · median age 43
Among people named Sivan living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Sivan
Most people given the name Sivan in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Sivan deep dive
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