Name Shambhu Gender Masculine Usage Indian, Hindi, Bengali Scripts शम्भू(Hindi) শম্ভু(Bengali) Other Forms FormsShambu, Sambhu, Sambu Edit Status Status Meaning & History Derived from Sanskrit शम्भु (shambhu) meaning "causing happiness, benevolent, beneficent". This is an epithet of the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu.