Save Gender Masculine Usage Indian, Marathi, Hindi Scripts विश्वनाथ(Marathi, Hindi) Other Forms FormsViswanath, Vishvanath, Visvanath Meaning & History From Sanskrit विश्वनाथ (vishvanatha) meaning "lord of the universe", derived from विश्व (vishva) meaning "world, universe" and नाथ (natha) meaning "master, lord". This is one of the names of the Hindu god Shiva.