The name comes from the Sanskrit शिशिर, which can mean “cold, cool, chilly, hoarfrost, or dew.” In the Indian Calendar, sisira refers to the cold season, roughly translating as the winter season, sisira makes up the months of Māgha and Phālguna (January-March in the Western Calendar).
It is the name of a mountain on the base of Mt. Meru and it is also the name of several male characters in the Purana and Itihasa.
As a given-name, it is mainly unisex and was borne by Sri Lankan pop-singer, Sisira Senaratne (1935-2015).
Other transliterations are Śiśira, Shishira and Shashira.
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