Syifa or Shiva?

Is it a Muslim name or is it a Hindu one?

In the case of Indonesian native speakers (who mostly could not pronounce differently between an F and a V), both names are the exact homonymous.

When an acquaintance introduced her name as such, I was left wondering if her name was Indian or Arab in origin.

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