List of Tibetan names
All Tibetan names have a meaning in the Tibetan language. Some of the most common names are listed here with their transcription and meaning.
Tibetan | Wylie | Latin | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
བསྟན་འཛིན་ | bstan 'dzin | Stanzin, Tenzin(g) | holder of the teaching[1] |
རྒྱ་མཚོ་ | rgya mtsho | Gyatso | ocean[2] |
སྐག་བཟང་ | skal bzang | Skalzang, Kelsang | good fortune, good luck, golden age, (a flower)[3] |
ཉི་མ་ | nyi ma | Nyima, Nima | sun, day[4] |
རྡོ་རྗེ་ | rdo rdje | Dorje | indestructable, invincible, Vajra [5] |
དབྱངས་མཚོ་ | dbyangs mtsho | Yangtsho, Yangtso | harmony[6] + lake/ocean[7] |
བསམ་གཏན་ | bsam gtan | Samten | concentration[8] |
ལྷ་མོ་ | lha mo | Lhamo | princess, lady, goddess, Tibetan opera, opera [9] |
རྒྱལ་མཚན་ | rgyal mtshan | Gyaltsen, Gyemtsen | banner of victory, the victory banner, one of the eight auspicious symbols [10] |
References
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: bstan 'dzin". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: rgya mtsho". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: skal bzang". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: nyi ma". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: rdo rje". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: dbyangs". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: mtsho". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: bsam gtan". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: lha mo". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. "Dictionary: lha mo". Retrieved 2013-12-29.
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