Tibetan Origin Names

This is a list of names in which the origin is Tibetan. Tibetan is the language spoken in Tibet.
gender
usage
origin
Dawa m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "moon, month" in Tibetan.
Dechen f & m Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "great happiness" in Tibetan.
Dorji f & m Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "diamond" in Tibetan.
Gyatso m Tibetan
From Tibetan རྒྱ་མཚོ (rgya-mtsho) meaning "ocean". This is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935-).
Jamyang m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "gentle song" in Tibetan, from འཇམ ('jam) meaning "gentle, soft" and དབྱངས (dbyangs) meaning "song, voice".
Kunzang m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "all good, ever excellent" in Tibetan.
Lhamo f & m Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "goddess" in Tibetan.
Ngawang m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "powerful speech" in Tibetan, from ངག (ngag) meaning "speech" and དབང (dbang) meaning "power, force".
Norbu m Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "jewel" in Tibetan.
Passang m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "good, excellent" in Tibetan.
Phuntso m & f Bhutanese
Bhutanese form of Phuntsok.
Phuntsok m & f Tibetan
Means "abundant, excellent" in Tibetan.
Sonam f & m Tibetan, Bhutanese, Hindi, Marathi
Means "virtuous, good karma, fortunate" in Tibetan.
Tashi m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "good fortune" in Tibetan.
Tenzin m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan-'dzin) meaning "upholder of teachings". This is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935-).
Tenzing m & f Tibetan
Alternate transcription of Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (see Tenzin).
Tsering m & f Tibetan
Alternate transcription of Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (see Tshering).
Tshering m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "long life" in Tibetan, from ཚེ (tshe) meaning "life" and རིང (ring) meaning "long".
Wangchuk m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "mighty" in Tibetan, from དབང (dbang) meaning "power" and ཕྱུག (phyug) meaning "wealthy, possessing". This is the Tibetan name for the god Shiva.