Shivraj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHIV-rahj
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Shivraj is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “Shiva + king”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Shivraj mean?
Sanskrit: Shiv (Shiva) + raj 'king, rule'
“Shiva + king”
Combines Shiv, a name of the Hindu god Shiva, with raj, meaning king or rule.
Is Shivraj a girl's or a boy's name?
Shivraj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shivraj in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Shivraj, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shivraj than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Shivraj in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Shivraj in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Nicknames for Shivraj
- Shiv 35 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Shivraj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Viraj, Yuvraj, Aviraj, Gurtaj, Navraj, Dhruvansh, Shiv, Prithvi, Aj, Avyaan, Harshiv, Ravi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shivraj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shivraj, updated 20 October 2026.