Chief God of Hindu deities, Lord Shiva is known by many different names. Each of these names having signifies attribute of the God Shiva. Given here are 108 names of God Shiva with their beautiful meaning.
| Lord Siva SMS Om SHIVAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Auspicious One |
| Om MAHESHVARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Great God Shiva |
| Om SHAMBHAVE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who exists for our happiness alone |
| Om PINAKINE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva, who guards the path of dharma |
| Om SHASHISHEKHARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who wears the crescent moon in his hair |
| Om VAMADEVAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who is pleasing and auspicious in every way |
| Om VIRUPAKSHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God of spotless form |
| Om KAPARDINE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord with thickly matted hair |
| Om NILALOHITAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God splendid as the red sun at daybreak |
| Om SHANKARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the source of all prosperity |
| Om SHULAPANAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who carries a spear |
| Om KHATVANGINE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who carries a knurled club |
| Om VISHNUVALLABHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva, who is dear to Lord Vishnu |
| Om SHIPIVISHTAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord whose form emits great rays of light |
| Om AMBIKANATHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Ambika's Lord |
| Om SHRIKANTAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to he whose throat is shining blue |
| Om BHAKTAVATSALAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who loves His devotees like new born calves |
| Om BHAVAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who is existence itself |
| Om SARVAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who is all |
| Om TRILOKESHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who is the Lord of all the three worlds |
| Om SHITAKANTHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the primal soul whose throat is deep blue |
| Om SHIVAPRIYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the god who is dear to Shakti |
| Om UGRAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva whose presence is awesome and overwhelming |
| Om KAPALINE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God whose begging bowl is a human skull |
| Om KAMARAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who conquers all passions |
| Om ANDHAKASURA SUDANAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who killed the asura Andhaka |
| Om GANGADHARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who holds the Ganges River in his hair |
| Om LALATAKSHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord whose sport is creation |
| Om KALAKALAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who is the death of death |
| Om KRIPANIDHAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who is the treasure of compassion |
| Om BHIMAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva whose strength is awesome |
| Om PARASHU HASTAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who wields an axe in his hands |
| Om MRIGAPANAYAE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who looks after the soul in the wilderness |
| Om JATADHARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who bears a mass of matted hair |
| Om KAILASAVASINE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who abides on Mount Kailas |
| Om KAVACHINE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who is wrapped in armor |
| Om KATHORAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who causes all growth |
| Om TRIPURANTAKAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who destroyed the three demonic cities |
| Om VRISHANKAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God whose emblem is a bull (Nandi) |
| Om VRISHABHARUDHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who rides a bull |
| Om BHASMODDHULITA VIGRAHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord covered with holy ash |
| Om SAMAPRIYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God exceedingly fond of hymns from the Sama Veda |
| Om SVARAMAYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who creates through sound |
| Om TRAYIMURTAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who is worshiped in three forms |
| Om ANISHVARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the undisputed Lord |
| Om SARVAGYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who knows all things |
| Om PARAMATMANE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Supreme Self |
| Om SOMASURAGNI LOCHANAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the light of the eyes of Soma, Surya and Agni |
| Om HAVISHE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who receives oblations of ghee |
| Om YAGYAMAYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the architect of all sacrificial rites |
| Om SOMAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Moon-glow of the mystic's vision |
| Om PANCHAVAKTRAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God of the five activities |
| Om SADASHIVAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the eternally auspicious benevolent Shiva |
| Om VISHVESHVARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the all-pervading ruler of the cosmos |
| Om VIRABHADRAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva the foremost of heroes |
| Om GANANATHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God of the Ganas |
| Om PRAJAPATAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Creator |
| Om HIRANYARETASE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who emanates golden souls |
| Om DURDHARSHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the unconquerable being |
| Om GIRISHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the monarch of the holy mountain Kailas |
| Om GIRISHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord of the Himalayas |
| Om ANAGHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who can inspire no fear |
| Om BUJANGABHUSHANAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord adorned with golden snakes |
| Om BHARGAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the foremost of rishis |
| Om GIRIDHANVANE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God whose weapon is a mountain |
| Om GIRIPRIYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who is fond of mountains |
| Om KRITTIVASASE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who wears clothes of hide |
| Om PURARATAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who is thoroughly at home in the wilderness |
| Om BHAGAVATE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord of prosperity |
| Om PRAMATHADHIPAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who is served by goblins |
| Om MRITUNJAYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the conqueror of death |
| Om SUKSHMATANAVE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the subtlest of the subtle |
| Om JAGADVYAPINE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who fills the whole world |
| Om JAGADGURAVE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the guru of all the worlds |
| Om VYOMAKESHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God whose hair is the spreading sky above |
| Om MAHASENAJANAKAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the origin of Mahasena |
| Om CHARUVIKRAMAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva, the guardian of wandering pilgrims |
| Om RUDRAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who is fit to be praised |
| Om BHUTAPATAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghostly creatures |
| Om STHANAVE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the firm and immovable deity |
| Om AHIRBUDHNYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who waits for the sleeping kundalini |
| Om DIGAMBARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva whose robes is the cosmos |
| Om ASHTAMURTAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who has eight forms |
| Om ANEKATMANE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who is the one soul |
| Om SATVIKAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord of boundless energy |
| Om SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to him who is free of all doubt and dissension |
| Om SHASHVATAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva, endless and eternal |
| Om KHANDAPARASHAVE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who cuts through the mind's despair |
| Om AJAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the instigator of all that occurs |
| Om PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who releases all fetters |
| Om MRIDAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who shows only mercy |
| Om PASHUPATAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the ruler of all evolving souls, the animals |
| Om DEVAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the foremost of devas, demigods |
| Om MAHADEVAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the greatest of the gods |
| Om AVYAYAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the one never subject to change |
| Om HARAYE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who dissolves all bondage |
| Om PASHUDANTABHIDE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the one who punished Pushan |
| Om AVYAGRAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who is steady and unwavering |
| Om DAKSHADHVARAHARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the destroyer of Daksha's conceited sacrifice |
| Om HARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who withdraws the cosmos |
| Om BHAGANETRABHIDE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who taught Bhaga to see more clearly |
| Om AVYAKTAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to Shiva who is subtle and unseen |
| Om SAHASRAKSHAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord of limitless forms |
| Om SAHASRAPADE Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who is standing and walking everywhere |
| Om APAVARGAPRADAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the Lord who gives and takes all things |
| Om ANANTAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the God who is unending |
| Om TARAKAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the great liberator of mankind |
| Om PARAMESHVARAYA Namaha |
| Meaning: Obeisance’s to the great God |
