The word Shiv or shiv may refer to:

People with the name

Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul (Guyanese Hindustani, Guyanese-Hindustani: शिवनारायण चंद्रपॉल) Orders, decorations, and medals of Guyana#The Cacique's Crown of Honour, CCH (born 16 August 1974) is a Guyanese peopl ...

, a West Indies cricketer nicknamed Shiv

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Shiv, a fictional location in Magic: The Gathering, see

Dominaria ''Dominaria'' is a '' Magic: The Gathering'' expansion set. It is not part of a block. In celebration of ''Magic: The Gatherings 25th anniversary, the story returned to the plane of Dominaria. The expansion was released on April 27, 2018. Mart ...

* Shiv, a villain in the animated series ''Static Shock'' *

Shiv Roy Siobhan "Shiv" Roy is a fictional character in the American HBO satirical dark comedy-drama television series ''Succession''. She is portrayed by Sarah Snook and was created by showrunner Jesse Armstrong, as with the rest of the show's charac ...

, a character in the drama series ''Succession'' *

Shiv (comics) Sabbac Vic Sage Salem the Witch Girl Salem the Witch Girl (Salem Nader) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the sidekick and apprentice of the original Doctor Fate, Kent Nelson. In '' F ...

, a fictional villain from DC Comics

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Shiv (weapon) A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie or shank, is a handcrafted bladed weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's cons ...

, a type of sharp weapon * Shiv, a shortened form of the name

Siobhan Siobhán is a female name of Irish origin. The most common anglicisations are Siobhan (identical to the Irish spelling but omitting the acute accent over the 'a'), Shavawn, Shebahn, Shevaun and Shivaun. A now uncommon spelling variant is Siubh ...

* Shiv, a local Marathi name for

Sion, Mumbai Sion ( /ˈsaːjən/; IAST: ''Śīv'' �iːʋ is a neighbourhood of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. In the 17th century the village formed the boundary between Mumbai and Salsette Island. It marks the boundary between the city and its suburbs and ...

* Shiv, or

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

, a Hindu deity *

Hemp shiv Shives, also known as shoves, boon or hurd, are the wooden refuse removed during processing flax, hemp, or jute, as opposed to the fibres ( tow). Shives consist of "the woody inner portion of the hemp stalk, broken into pieces and separated from ...

, the woody waste material from flax, hemp, and linseed plants *

Simian human immunodeficiency virus Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a species of retrovirus that cause persistent infections in at least 45 species of non-human primates. Based on analysis of strains found in four species of monkeys from Bioko Island, which was isolated from ...

(SHIV)

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