Shibani

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʃibɑni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Shibani is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 38Kas Shivani(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 70Kas Shivani
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 97K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Shibani itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nepal (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,600 named Sibani, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
289 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 97K (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ShivaniLatin(measured from records)
ศิวณThai(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Shivani in IN India, US United States, AU Australia and 6 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shibani counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shibani is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NP Nepal—≈6,600 est.≈1 in 4.6K—Shivani19
US United States—4,746as Shivani1 in 70K4.7KShivani289
ID Indonesia—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 134K—Shivani28
BD Bangladesh—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 97K—Shibani17
ZA South Africa—≈890 est.≈1 in 63K—Shivani28
MY Malaysia—≈850 est.≈1 in 38K—Shivani16
AU Australia—≈670 est.≈1 in 38K1Shivani115
NL Netherlands—524as Shivani1 in 33K524Shivani29
GY Guyana#80497as Shivani1 in 7.7K97Shivani5
IN India#416——1.7KShivani258

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shibani is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Shībānī

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

196019701980Shibani Bathija, b. 1968Shibani Kashyap, b. 1979Shibani Dandekar, b. 1980

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Shibani जी,Hi Shibani, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Shibani
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020265#31,866
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199590—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199467—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199365—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199265—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199164—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199762—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199055—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199641—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198440—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198334—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198933—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Shibani?
A machine transcription gives /ʃibɑni/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Shibani a male or female name?
Shibani is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Shibani have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.5 thousand people named Sibani in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Shibani?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,746 people named Shivani in 2020, about 1 in 70 thousand residents.
How common is Shibani compared with other names?
In India, Shibani is the 416th most common given name of 3,760,348 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shibani” — the 416th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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