Lord Shiva Names for Baby Boy in Tamil

Lord Shiva does the mission of destroying among the divine trinities, on this planet. Lord Shiva is traditionally worshiped by Saivites. It is customary for the Tamils to give their male babies Tamil Hindu names of Lord Shiva. There are innumerable general Tamil names and specific mythological names of Lord Shiva. The special literary devotees of Lord Shiva, the Nayanmars, have sung a lot in praise of Lord Shiva by giving him many names. Giving Lord Shiva’s names like Shiva, Eswaran, Parameswaran, Maheshwaran to male babies is a common practice among the Tamils. Parents abbreviate these names as Shiva, Eswar and Mahesh to name them as a modern name. Shiva has got many names in Tamil literature, in many religious texts and also based on the Shiva deities of many temples.

Adding the name of Goddess Parvati to the name of Lord Shiva is also given to male children. For example, Umapathy, Gaurishankar and Mariappan are the names given to boys by adding the goddess name to Shiva. They also add the names of Lord Muruga (His son) with Lord Shiva’s. For example, the names Sivakarthikeyan, Sivakumar and Murugesan are given to boys in Tamil. It is believed that naming children after Tamil Lord Shiva names would give them the divine grace of Lord Shiva as well as to those children.

We have given the Tamil mythological names of Lord Shiva and Tamil literary names for male babies on our website, with star-based numerologically suitable names. So, our website will be helpful for parents to choose the appropriate Tamil names of Lord Shiva for their baby boys.