Tibetan Names
Tibetan names are used by the Tibetan people who live in the region of Tibet in central Asia.
22 names in our directory
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22Dawa is a unisex given name of Tibetan origin, meaning "moon, month" in Tibetan. In Tibetan culture, celestial bodies such as the moon hold symbolic significance, often associated with light, tranquility, and the passage...
Dechen is a Tibetan female name that carries profound spiritual and cultural significance. It originates from the Tibetan word བདེ་ཆེན (bde-chen), meaning "great happiness" or "great bliss." This term is a direct Tibetan...
Dorji is a unisex given name and surname originating in Tibet and Bhutan, where it carries the meaning of "diamond" in the Tibetan language. The term is closely linked to Tibetan Buddhist culture, where the "diamond" (of...
Gyatso (also Gyamtso; Tibetan: རྒྱ་མཚོ, Wylie: rgya mtsho, ZWPY: Gyamco) is a Tibetan personal name meaning "ocean". The term is the Tibetan translation of the Mongol title "Dalai", and as such forms the second element i...
Jamyang is a unisex given name of Tibetan origin, meaning "gentle song" or "soft voice". It derives from the Tibetan elements འཇམ (ʼjam) meaning "gentle, soft" and དབྱངས (dbyangs) meaning "song, voice". The name reflects...
Etymology Jigme is a Tibetan given name meaning "fearless" or "brave." It is derived from the Tibetan word འཇིགས་མེད ('jigs med), which is often translated as "fearless" or "without fear." The name is unisex in its usage...
Kinley 2 is an alternate transcription of Tibetan ཀུན་ལེགས (Kunley). The name derives from elements kun meaning "all, every" and legs meaning "good, well, proper," giving the overall meaning of "all goodness." As a varia...
Kunley is a Tibetan masculine name meaning "all goodness", composed of the elements ཀུན (kun, "all, every") and ལེགས (legs, "good, well, proper"). It is closely related to the Bhutanese variant Kinley.Etymology and Origi...
Kunzang is a Tibetan masculine given name, but it also has historical importance as the name of a 15th-century prince. The name is derived from two Tibetan elements: kun (ཀུན) meaning "all, every" and bzang (བཟང) meaning...
Lhamo is a Tibetan feminine name that means "goddess" in the Tibetan language. The word lha mo literally translates to "female deity" or "goddess," reflecting the importance of Buddhist and pre-Buddhist divine feminine f...
Ngawang is a Tibetan masculine given name meaning "powerful speech". It is composed of the elements ངག (ngag) meaning "speech" and དབང (dbang) meaning "power, force". The name reflects the Tibetan Buddhist cultural empha...
Norbu is a Tibetan male given name meaning "jewel." The term, which can also serve as a surname, is written in the Tibetan script as ནོར་བུ་ and in Chinese as 诺布 (Nuòbù). As a common element in Tibetan nomenclature, it...
Passang is a Tibetan name meaning "good, excellent". It embodies positive qualities and is often chosen for its auspicious connotations. As a unisex name, it reflects Tibetan naming traditions where names frequently deri...
Pema is a Tibetan name meaning "lotus", derived from the Sanskrit word padma through Tibetan Buddhist texts. It is the Tibetan form of Padma, a name with deep roots in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism. In Tibetan, it is writ...
Phuntsok is a Tibetan name that carries the meaning of "abundant, excellent" in the Tibetan language. The name reflects cultural values of prosperity and virtue, often chosen for boys or girls with the hope that they wil...
Sonam is a given name with roots in Tibetan, Nepalese, Bhutanese, and North Indian cultures. In Tibetan, the name is spelled བསོད་ནམས (Wylie: bsod nams; ZWPY: Soinam) and means "merit," "good karma," or "fortunate." It c...
Tashi is a unisex Tibetan name that carries the auspicious meaning "good fortune" in the Tibetan language. It is deeply embedded in Tibetan Buddhist culture, where names often reflect spiritual virtues, blessings, or asp...
Tenzin is a Tibetan given name, widely recognized as one of the names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935–). The name derives from Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan-'dzin), meaning "upholder of teachings" or "holder of...
Tenzing is an alternate transcription of the Tibetan name བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan-'dzin), more commonly romanized as Tenzin. This name, meaning "upholder of teachings", derives from the Tibetan words bstan (teachings) and 'dzin...
TseringTsering is an alternate transcription of the Tibetan name Tshering, which derives from the Tibetan words ཚེ (tshe) meaning "life" and རིང (ring) meaning "long." Thus, the name means "long life," a cherished concep...
Tshering is a Tibetan name and surname derived from the elements tshe (ཚེ, meaning "life") and ring (རིང, meaning "long"), thus signifying "long life". The name is deeply rooted in Tibetan culture, where auspicious well-...
Wangchuk is a Tibetan given name and surname that means "mighty" in the Tibetan language. It is derived from the elements dbang (དབང) meaning "power" and phyug (ཕྱུག) meaning "wealthy, possessing." In Tibetan Buddhism, W...