Shivwits comes from a Southern Paiute word, sipicimi. The word may be based on the prefix sibi-, meaning east or si-vints, meaning people who live in the east. It is also spelled Shivwitz, Shi'-vwits, She-bits, Sübü'ts, and Sebit. The Shivwits Plateau in Arizona is named after the tribe. Today the Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians of Utah identify as See'veets eng, meaning Whitish Earth People.