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Good day everyone,
Can I ask for the translation of my name?
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Is my name misspelled in transliteration?
I got the idea in my head that it should more properly be Mönlam Tarchin instead.

Thanks for any help!
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Monlam Tharchin wrote: Sun Oct 28, 2018 7:22 pm Is my name misspelled in transliteration?
I got the idea in my head that it should more properly be Mönlam Tarchin instead.

Thanks for any help!
Mönlam Tarchin is probably more proper, but I don't think it really makes much of a difference and is maybe easier for an English speaker to readily pronounce. For example, according to this thread at least, my name should more properly be written SÖNAM TRASHI. But when it is pronounced, Sonam Tashi is probably a bit more intuitive.
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Monlam Tharchin wrote: Sun Oct 28, 2018 7:22 pm Is my name misspelled in transliteration?
I got the idea in my head that it should more properly be Mönlam Tarchin instead.

Thanks for any help!
You're halfway right. Mönlam Tharchin is the closest approximation in Roman alphabet.

Mön is like "moon" but your mouth should be like when you're forming a U-vowel. Germans and Scandinavians, Dutch, etc. have this sound in their language more than most of us.

Thar is very breathy (aspirated). It should sound like a T, but if you put your hand up about 6-12 inches from your mouth you should be able to feel your breath hit it.

This is how I was trained in Tibetan at both Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's school in Boudha) and Thrangu Tashi Yangtse (Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche's gompa in Namo Buddha).
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"The Sutras, Tantras, and Philosophical Scriptures are great in number. However life is short, and intelligence is limited, so it's hard to cover them completely. You may know a lot, but if you don't put it into practice, it's like dying of thirst on the shore of a great lake. Likewise, a common corpse is found in the bed of a great scholar." ~ Karma Chagme

དྲིན་ཆེན་རྩ་བའི་བླ་མ་སྐྱབས་རྗེ་མགར་ཆེན་ཁྲི་སྤྲུལ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཁྱེད་མཁྱེན་ནོ།།
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SonamTashi wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 7:55 am [...]according to this thread at least, my name should more properly be written SÖNAM TRASHI. But when it is pronounced, Sonam Tashi is probably a bit more intuitive.
Keeping in mind that there are multiple dialects cuz Tibet is such a huge place, and that said dialects are sometimes even mutually unintelligible. Most of what we get in exile is "Standard" or a mix of dialects based largely in Ü-Tsangpa.

But this thread is right in your case, Sönam. "Tra-shee" is more accurate, but it's hard to represent it fully because that R is barely perceptible to the untrained ear, especially for non-native speakers. I only really know it's there because the artist who inked my tattoo told me it sounds kinda bad to the Tibetan ear when we just say "Tah-shee" like in "Tashi delek."
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"The Sutras, Tantras, and Philosophical Scriptures are great in number. However life is short, and intelligence is limited, so it's hard to cover them completely. You may know a lot, but if you don't put it into practice, it's like dying of thirst on the shore of a great lake. Likewise, a common corpse is found in the bed of a great scholar." ~ Karma Chagme

དྲིན་ཆེན་རྩ་བའི་བླ་མ་སྐྱབས་རྗེ་མགར་ཆེན་ཁྲི་སྤྲུལ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཁྱེད་མཁྱེན་ནོ།།
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:thanks: Very informative.
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Tashi delek,

Below the explanation of the name of the late Gyalwa H.H. Lungtok Nyima Rinpoche , the 33rd Menri Trizin Rinpoche, provided by H.E. Menri Lopon Rinpoche.

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The word Lungtok is the combination of two different words, Lung and Tok.

LUNG represents the transmission of the whole teaching of Buddha Tönpa Shenrab together with the later commentaries of the great Masters, which are both preserved in the Kangyur and Tengyur collections of sacred texts.

It can also have the meaning of oral transmission.

TOK represents the knowledge, wisdom, inner realization of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Thus, Lungtok may represent something like” Inner realization of the whole teaching”. Such explanation has been kindly provided by H.E. Menri Lopon Rinpoche.

Since Lungtok was one of the names of H.H. the 33rd Abbot of Menri, our source of inspiration, we can say the profound inner realization of such a great Master is our guiding light and aspiration for the benefit of sentient beings.
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Tashi Delek,

Can you help me out please? Can you spell my refuge name in Tibetan script? Also a translation / explanation would be really great, although I’ve already found out that the refuge name means ‘perfect Buddhahood’.

The refuge name that was given to me is ‘sangye sangpo’.

Thank you so much in advance.

May you be happy, well and safe!
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crawfordone wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:21 pm Tashi Delek,

Can you help me out please? Can you spell my refuge name in Tibetan script? Also a translation / explanation would be really great, although I’ve already found out that the refuge name means ‘perfect Buddhahood’.

The refuge name that was given to me is ‘sangye sangpo’.

Thank you so much in advance.

May you be happy, well and safe!

སངས་རྒྱས་བཟང་པོ་

Sangye means 'Buddha' or 'Buddhahood', sangpo means 'good, excellent'.
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Tashi Delek! Dear Ratna,
Thank you so much!
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Re: Tibetan names

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How about:
Könchog Drakpa Tingdzin
དཀོན་མཆོག་གྲགས་པ་ཏིང་འཛིན།

What is in the name?
That is allready what Shakespiere had explained or mentioned.

If your name is not mentioned here then You could add it , then i will put it between the lines.


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CHANGCHUB DORJE Diamond of Enlightenment male
CHANGCHUB DROLMA Liberatrice of Enlightenment Mind female
CHIME CHÖDRÖN Eternal Truth Light female
CHIME DROLMA Tara of Eternity female
CHIME PALMO Eternal Radiant Woman female
CHIME TSOLMO Woman of the Eternal Ocean female
CHIME ZANGMO Immortal Good Woman female
CHINPA DORJE Diamond of Generosity male
CHINPA DROLMA Tara of Generosity female
CHINPA GYURME Generous Unchanging One male
CHINPA NAMGYAL Victorious One of Generosity male
CHINPA NGÖNDRUB Generous One of Accomplishment male
CHINPA PHUNTSOK Generous One Full of Qualities male
CHINPA PUNTSOK Generous One of all Perfection male
CHINPA RABTEN Man of Perfect Stable Generosity male
CHINPA TARCHIN Generous One Who has Attained Perfection male
CHINPA TENPEL Generous One Who Spreads the Teachings male
CHINPA TENZING Generous in Holding the Teachings male
CHINPA TSERING Generous Man of Long Life male
CHINPA ZANGMO Woman of Happiness and Generosity female
CHÖDRÖN Truth Light female
CHÖDRÖN LHAMO Goddess of Truth Light female
CHÖDRÖN WANGMO Powerful Woman of Dharma Light female
CHÖDRÖN ZANGMO Good Woman of Truth Light female
CHODRUB GYATSO Ocean of Dharma Accomplishment male
CHÖKYI Joyful Dharma or Teachings female
CHÖKYI LHAMO Goddess of Joyful Teaching female
CHÖNZOM Woman who Gathers Dharma female
CHÖPEL DROLMA Tara that Spreads the Dharma female
CHÖRTEN LHAMO Goddess Treasure of Truth female
CHOYING GYURME Unchanging Nature of all Phenomena male
CHÖYING LHAMO Goddess of Ultimate Right female
CHÖYING ZANGMO Good Truth Sphere female
CHÖZANG DROLMA Tara of Noble Teachings female
DAWA DROLMA Moon Liberatrice female
DAWA LHADRÖN Celestial Moonlight female
DAWA LHAMO Moon Goddess female
DAWA PALMO Radiant Moon female
DAWA TRASHI Auspicious Moon male
DAWA TSERING Moon of Long Life male
DECHEN CHÖDRÖN Truth Light of Great Bliss female
DECHEN DROLKAR White Tara of Highest Joy female
DECHEN DROLMA Liberatrice of Great Bliss female
DECHEN PALMO Radiant Woman of Highest Joy female
DECHEN PALMO Radiant Woman of Great Bliss female
DECHEN WANGMO Powerful Great Bliss female
DECHEN YANGZOM Woman of Great Bliss and Perfect Qualities female
DECHEN ZANGMO Kind Woman of Great Bliss female
DECHEN ZANGMO Good Woman of Highest Joy female
DEKYI CHÖDRÖN Truth Light of Joy and Happiness female
DEKYI DROLMA Tara of Happiness and Joy female
DEKYI LHAMO Goddess of Bliss and Happiness female
DEKYI WANGMO Powerful Woman of Joy and Happiness female
DÖNDRUB CHÖPEL Realizer Who Spreads the Dharma male
DÖNDRUB TSERING Accomplisher of Long Life male
DÖNDRUB WANGMO Powerful Woman of Accomplishment female
DORJE LHAMO Diamond Goddess female
DORJE WANGMO Powerful Diamond Woman female
DROLKAR White Liberatrice female
DROLKAR WANGMO Powerful Light Liberatrice female
DROLMA Liberatrice female
DROLMA CHÖDRÖN Tara of Dharma Light female
DROLMA LHAMO Liberating Goddess female
DROLMA TSERING Liberatrice of Long Life female
DROLMA YÖDRÖN Turquoise Tara female
DROLMA ZANGMO Joyful Tara female
DROWA ZANGMO Fortunate Traveler of the Path female
DRUPTOB WANGMO Powerful Woman of Accomplishment female
GARWANG NAMDAK Perfect Knower of Ritual Dance male
GELEK DARGYE The one Who Spreads Goodness male
GELEK PHUNTSOK Perfected One of Good Merit male
GELEK TARCHIN Perfected and Accomplished One male
GELEK TRASHI Perfect Fortunate One male
GELEK ZANGPO Perfected Happy One male
GENDUN CHÖPEL Helper on the Way Who Spreads the Teachings male
GENDUN DARGYE Helper on the Way Who Propagates Dharma male
GENDUN GYATSO Helper on the Way Who is Like an Ocean male
GENDUN PHUNTSOK Helper on the Way Who has Perfect Quealities male
GENDUN YONGDÜ Helper on the Way Who has all Qualities male
GYALTSEN NGODRUP Banner of Accomplishment male
GYURME SAMDRUP Unchanging Wish Fulfilling male
GYURME TENKYONG Unchanging Protector of the Teachings male
GYURME TENPEL Immovable Developer of the Teachings male
GYURME WANGPO Unchanging Power male
GYURME ZANGPO Unchanging Noble One male
JAMYANG CHENZING (rJes dDzin Pa) Proper Vessel for Manjushri male
JAMYANG CHÖDRÖN Truth Light of Manjushri female
JAMYANG DARGYE Teaching Spreading Manjushri male
JAMYANG DAWA Moon Manjushri male
JAMYANG LOSAR Clear Wisdom Manjushri male
JAMYANG NGODRUP Manjushri of Accomplishment male
JAMYANG RAGDROL Self Liberated Manjushri male
JAMYANG RALDRI Wisdom-Sword Manjushri male
JAMYANG RIGZIN Wisdom Holding Manjushri male
Jamyang Samten Meditation of Manjushri
JAMYANG TENZING Teachings Holder Manjushri male
JAMYANG TRASHI Auspicious Manjushri male
JAMYANG WANGPO Powerful Manjushri male
JAMYANG ZANGPO Kind Manjushri male
JIGME GYATSO Fearless Ocean male
JIGME LHAMO Fearless Goddess female
JIGME NAMGYAL Fearless Victory male
KALDEN DROLMA Tara of Good Fortune female
KALSANG CHÖDRÖN Light of Truth and Fortune female
KALSANG DROLMA Fortunate Liberatrice female
KALSANG LHAMO Fortunate Goddess of Happiness female
KALSANG WANGMO Powerful and Fortunate Woman female
KELSANG WANGMO Powerful Fortunate Woman female
KHEDRUB RABGYE Perfect Accomplisher of Knowledge male
KUNCHÖK WANGMO Powerful Woman of the Supreme Jewel female
KUNGA LHAMO Goddess Beloved by all female
KUNLEK WANGMO Old Good Powerful Woman female
KUNZANG CHÖDRÖN Completely Noble Truth Light female
LEKSHEY DROLMA Tara of Right Speech female
LEKSHEY JORTEN Perfect of Qualities Right Speech male
LEKSHEY PHUNTSOK Eloquent of Perfection male
LEKSHEY SANGMO Good Woman Who Speaks Correctly female
LEKSHEY TSERING Eloquent of Long Life male
LEKSHEY ZANGMO Happy Woman of Highest Joy female
LHAKPA DORJE Mercury Diamond male
LHAKPA TSERING Mercury of Long Life male
LHAKYI DROLMA Happy Liberatrice female
LHAKYI TSERING Joy Goddess of Long Life female
LHAKYI WANGMO Powerful Divine Happiness female
LHAMO Goddess female
LHAMO CHÖDRÖN Goddess of Truth Light female
LHAMO DROLMA Celestial Tara female
LHAMO TSERING Long Life Goddess female
LHAMO YANGCHEN Melodious Goddess female
LHAMO YÖDRÖN Goddess of Turquoise female
LHUNDRUB DORJE Spontaneous Diamond male
LOBZANG DONDEN Kind-Hearted Accomplisher One male
LOBZANG DÖNDEN Kind One Who Accomplishes the Meaning male
LOBZANG DRAKPA Renown Kind-Hearted One male
LODRÖ DAWA Moon of Intelligence male
LODRÖ MINGYUR Unchanging Wise One male
LODRÖ NYIMA Sun of Intelligence male
LODRÖ RABSAL Clear and Perfect Wise One male
LODRÖ RABTEN Wise One of the Perfect Teaching male
LODRÖ RAPHEL Wise One Who Perfectly Spreads the Teachings male
LODRÖ RIGZIN Wise One of Perfect Knowledge male
LODRÖ SAMTEN Wise One in Meditation male
LODRÖ SENGE Lion of Intelligence male
LODRÖ TENPEL Wise One Who Spreads the Teachings male
LODRÖ THAYE Wise one Without Unit male
LODRÖ TOKME Wise One Without Beginning male
LODRÖ TRASHI Auspicious Wise One male
LODRÖ ZANGMO Intelligent Good Woman female
LUNGKTOK PHUNTSOK Perfection of the Realization of the Scriptures male
LUNGKTOK THARPA Liberated Realizer of the Scriptures male
LUNGRIK DÖNDRUB Accomplish of the Meaning of the Scriptures male
LUNGRIK GYALTSEN Victory Banner of the Knowledge of the Scriptures male
LUNGRIK GYATSO Ocean of the Knowledge of the Scriptures male
LUNGRIK KECHOK Strong Voice Knower of the Teachings male
LUNGRIK NAMGYAL Victorious of the Knowledge of the Scriptures male
LUNGRIK PELKYE Spreading the Knowledge of the Scriptures male
LUNGRIK SAMDRUB Fulfiller of (wishes) the Knowledge of the Scriptures male
LUNGRIK TARCHIN Perfect Knower of the Teachings male
LUNGRIK YONGDÜ Complete Acquisition of Knowledge of the Teachings male
LUNGTOK DAWA Moon of the Realization of the Scriptures male
LUNGTOK GOCHA Armor of the Realization of the Scriptures male
LUNGTOK GYATSO Ocean of the Realization of the Scriptures male
LUNGTOK NORBU Jewel of the Realization of the Scriptures male
LUNGTOK NYIMA Sun of the Realization of the Scriptures male
LUNGTOK TARCHIN Perfected Realizer or the Scriptures male
LUNGTOK TENZING Holder of the Realization of the Scriptures male
LUNGTOK THARPA Liberated Realizer of the Scriptures male
LUNGTOK ZANGMO Good Woman of Teachings and Realization female
METOK CHÖDRÖN Flower of Truth Light female
METOK LADRÖN Blooming Light female
METOK LHAMO Flower Goddess female
MIGMAR Mars female
MINGYUR DRAKPA Unchanging Renown male
MINGYUR TENPHEL Unchanging One Who Spreads the Teachings male
MINGYUR TSERING Trust-Worthy-One of Long Life male
NAMGYAL LHAMO Goddess of Victory female
NGEDÖN CHÖNY The Actual Dharma of Ultimate Truth male
NGEDÖN CHÖPEL Spreading the Teachings of Ultimate Truth male
NGEDÖN DARGYE The One Who Spreads the Teachings of Ultimate Truth male
NGEDÖN GYATSO Ocean of Ultimate Truth male
NGEDÖN LODRÖ Wise Ultimate Truth male
NGEDÖN NYIMA Sun of Ultimate Truth male
NGEDÖN TENZING Holder of the Teachings of Ultimate Truth male
NGEDÖN TRINLEY Activity of Ultimate Reality male
NGEDÖN ZANGPO Kind of Ultimate Truth male
NGEDÖNPEMBA Saturn of Ultimate Truth male
NORWANG LHAMO Goddess of the Powerful Wealth female
NORZANG LHAMO Goddess of Good Wealth female
NYIMA DROLMA Sunny Liberatrice female
NYIMA LHAMO Sun Goddess female
NYIMA ÖZER Shine of the Sun male
ÖZER LHAMO Goddess of Light Rays female
ÖZER RABTEN Constant Radiant Light male
PALDEN LHAMO Radiant Goddess female
PALMO Radiant Woman female
PALYANG LHAMO Goddess of Radiant Melody female
PASANG DAWA Moon of Venus male
PASANG DROLMA Radiant and Good Liberatrice female
PEAM LADRÖN Lotus of Celestial Light female
PELKYI Radiant Happiness female
PEMA CHÖDRÖN Lotus Truth Light female
PEMA CHÖKYI Flower of Joyful Teachings female
PEMA CHÖNZOM Lotus of Collected Teachings female
PEMA DROLKAR Lotus White Liberatrice female
PEMA DROLMA Lotus Liberatrice female
PEMA LHADRÖN Celestial Light of the Lotus female
PEMA TSOLMO Energetic Lotus Woman female
PEMA WANGMO Powerful Woman of the Lotus female
PEMA WANGYAL Victorious Lotus Flower male
PEMA ZANGMO Good Woman of the Lotus female
PEMBA DROLMA Tara of Saturn female
PENBA GYURME Unchanging Saturn male
PENBA LHAMO Goddess of Saturn female
PENBA TRACHIN Saturn of Perception male
PHAGPA DROLMA Noble Liberatrice female
PHAGPA DROLMA Noble Tara female
PHUNTSOK CHÖPEL Perfected One Who Spreads the Dharma male
PHUNTSOK DORJE Diamond of Most Perfect Qualities male
PHUNTSOK DROLMA Tara of Best Qualities female
PHUNTSOK LHAMO Goddess of Best Qualities female
PHUNTSOK NAMGYAL Victorious One of Most Perfect Qualities male
PHUNTSOK RABGYE Excellent One of Most Perfect Qualities male
PHUNTSOK RABTEN Perfect One Holder of Pure Teachings male
PHUNTSOK TARCHIN Liberated One of Most Perfect Qualities male
PHUNTSOK TRASHI Auspicious One Who Spreads the Dharma male
PHUNTSOK TSERING Perfected One of Long Life male
PHUNTSOK WANGDU Powerful One of Most Perfect Qualities male
PHUNTSOK WANGMO Powerful Woman of Perfection female
PHURBA TSERING Diamond Dagger of Long Life male
RANJUNG YESHEY Self Arisen Wisdom male
RIGZANG LHAMO Goddess of Joyful Intelligence female
RIGZIN CHÖDRÖN Wisdom Holding Truth Light female
RIGZIN CHÖZANG Wise One of the Noble Dharma male
RIGZIN DRAKPA Renown Wise One male
RIGZIN GYURME Unchanging Knower male
RIGZIN PALMO Radiant Wisdom female
RIGZIN WANGDU Powerful One of Intelligence male
RIGZIN WANGMO Powerful Accomplished Buddha female
RIGZIN WANGMO Powerful Wisdom Holder female
RINCHEN ZANGMO Precious Good Woman female
SAMTEN Samadhi (Perfect Stability in Meditation) male
SAMTEN CHÖDRÖN Truth Light of Meditation female
SAMTEN CHODRUB Accomplisher of Dharma Through Samadhi male
SAMTEN CHÖPEL Meditator Who Spreads the Dharma male
SAMTEN CHÖZANG Samadhi of Noble Dharma female
SAMTEN DARGYE Developer of Meditative Concentration male
SAMTEN DÖNDRUB The One Who Accomplishes Meditation male
SAMTEN DRAKPA Renown for Concentration Meditation male
SAMTEN GYALTSEN Victory Banner of Meditation male
SAMTEN GYATSO Ocean of Meditation male
SAMTEN GYURME Unchanging Concentration Meditation male
SAMTEN LHADRÖN Light Goddess of Meditation female
SAMTEN LHAMO Goddess of Meditation Concentration female
SAMTEN NAMGYAL Victorious in Perfect Meditation male
SAMTEN NGODRUP Accomplisher of Samadhi male
SAMTEN NGÖNDRUB The One Who has Accomplished Perfect Meditation male
SAMTEN PHUNTSOK Man With Perfect Meditation Qualities male
SAMTEN SANKYONG Lasting Goodness Concentration Meditation male
SAMTEN TARCHIN Man of Most Perfect Meditation male
SAMTEN ZANGMO Joyful Woman of Meditation female
SANGYE CHÖDRÖN Buddha Truth Light female
SANGYE CHÖNZOM Buddhas Collected Teachings female
SANGYE CHÖZANG Buddha of the Noble Dharma male
SANGYE DORJE Diamond Buddha male
SANGYE DROLMA Buddha Liberatrice female
SANGYE LHAMO Buddha Goddess female
SANGYE PASANG Buddha of Venus male
SANGYE WANGMO Powerful Female Buddha female
SANGYE ZANGMO Awakened Good Woman female
SENGE PALMO Radiant Woman-Like a Lioness female
SHARAB PALMO Radiant Woman of Higher Knowledge female
SHEDRUB Accomplisher of Highest Knowledge male
SHEDRUB CHÖPEL Wise one Who Spreads the Dharma male
SHEDRUB DAWA Accomplisher of the Moon of Knowledge male
SHEDRUB TENPEL Wise One Who Spreads the Teachings male
SHENPEL TRILEY Activity of Spreading Knowledge male
SHERAB CHÖNZOM Wise Woman of all Qualities female
SHERAB DORJE Diamond of High Knowledge male
SHERAB DROLMA Wisdom Liberatrice female
SHERAB GYATSO Ocean of Wisdom male
SHERAB LHADRÖN Celestial Light of Higher Knowledge female
SHERAB LHAMO Goddess of Higher Knowledge female
SHERAB NAMGYAL Victorious of Wisdom male
SHERAB PALMO Radiant Woman of Knowledge female
SHERAB PHUNTSOK Wise Man of Perfectly Qualities male
SHERAB TARCHIN Most Perfected Knowledge male
SHERAB WANGMO Powerful Wisdom female
SHERAB YANGCHEN Melodious Wisdom female
SHERAB ZANGMO Wise Woman of Happiness female
SÖNAM CHÖDRÖN Truth Lamp of Merit female
SÖNAM CHÖKYI Woman of Virtue in the Teachings female
SÖNAM CHÖNZOM Woman Who Gathers the Merit of Dharma female
SÖNAM CHÖPEL The One Who Spreads the Merit of Dharma male
SÖNAM CHOTAR Fortunate Man Who Spreads the Dharma male
SÖNAM DARGYE Perfect Spreading of Merit male
SÖNAM DEKYI Virtuous Woman of Joy and Happiness female
SÖNAM DONYÖ Holder of Merit male
SÖNAM DORJE Diamond of Merit male
SÖNAM DRADROK Virtuous One Who Becomes Renown male
SÖNAM DROLMA Meritorious Liberatrice female
SÖNAM DRÖNMA Light of Merit female
SÖNAM GYALPO King of Merit male
SÖNAM GYALTSEN Victorious of Merit male
SÖNAM GYURME Unchanging Merit male
SÖNAM LHAMO Meritorious Goddess female
SÖNAM MINGYUR Changeless Merit male
SÖNAM PALMO Meritorious Radiant Woman female
SÖNAM PHUNTSOK Most Perfect Merit male
SÖNAM RABGYE Most Perfect Merit male
SÖNAM RINCHEN Treasure of Merit male
SÖNAM TARCHIN Perfectly Accomplished Merit male
SÖNAM TRASHI The One Who Carries Auspicious Merit male
SÖNAM TRINLEY Virtuous One of Enlightened Activity male
SÖNAM TSERING Virtuous One of Long Life male
SÖNAM TSOLMO Woman of Meritorious Effort female
SÖNAM WANGCHUK Power of Merit male
SÖNAM WANGDU Powerful Merit male
SÖNAM WANGMO Powerful Merit female
SÖNAM YANGKYI Meritorious Happiness female
SÖNAM YONGDÜ Complete Acquisition of Merit male
SÖNAM ZANGMO Woman of Good Merit female
SÖNAM ZANGPO Merit of Kindness male
TARCHIN DROLMA Perfected Liberatrice female
TENPA DARGYE The One Who Spreads the Teachings male
TENPA GOCHA Armor of the Teachings male
TENPA GYALTSEN Victory Banner of the Teachings male
TENPA LODRÖ Wise One of the Teachings male
TENPA NGEDÖN Ultimate Truth Teachings male
TENPA PHUNTSOK Perfect Teaching male
TENPA RABGYE Most Perfect Teachings male
TENPA RABGYE Most Perfect Teachings male
TENPA TARCHIN Perfect Teaching male
TENPA YARPHEL To Spread Highly The Teachings male
TENPA YESHEY Highest Wisdom of the Teachings male
TENZIN CHÖDRÖN Truth Light Holder of the Teachings female
TENZIN CHÖPEL Holder of the Teachings Who Spreads the Dharma male
TENZIN ZANGMO Happy Woman Holder of the Teachings female
TENZING CHÖDRÖN Liberatrice Holder of the Teachings female
TENZING CHÖDRÖN Truth Light Holder of the Teachings female
TENZING DORJE Teaching Holder Diamond male
TENZING DROLMA Liberatrice Holder of the Teachings female
TENZING GYURME Unchanging Holder of the Teachings male
TENZING LHAMO Truth Holding Goddess female
TENZING RABYE Most Perfect Activity male
TENZING WANGDU Holder of the Teachings Who Gathers All Power male
TENZING WANGMO Powerful Holder of the Teachings female
TENZING YONGDÜ Man of all Qualities Who Holds the Teachings male
TENZING ZANGMO Joyful Woman Holder of the Teachings female
TRASHI CHÖKYI Auspicious Woman of Joyful Dharma female
TRASHI DROLMA Liberatrice of Happiness female
TRASHI LHAMO Auspicious Goddess female
TRASHI ZANGMO Good Happiness female
TRINLEY CHÖDRÖN Truth Light of Buddha Activity female
TRINLEY DROLMA Liberatrice of Buddha Activity female
TRINLEY GYATSO Ocean of Activity male
TRINLEY GYURME Unwavering Activity male
TRINLEY KUNKYAB All Pervading Activity male
TRINLEY NGÖNDRUB Accomplisher of Activity male
TRINLEY NORBU Jewel of Activity male
TRINLEY SAMDRUB Activity of Fulfilling Wishes male
TRINLEY SÖNAM Activity of Merit male
TRINLEY WANGMO Powerful of Enlightened Activity female
TSERING CHÖKYI Woman of Long Life and Joyful Teachings female
TSERING CHÖNZOM Long Life Woman Gatherer of Teachings female
TSERING CHÖPEL Man of Long Life Who Spreads the Dharma male
TSERING DARGYE The One Who Lives-Long Spreading the Teachings male
TSERING DROLMA Liberatrice of Long Life female
TSERING LHADRÖN Light Goddess of Long Life female
TSERING LHAMO Goddess of Long Life female
TSERING PALMO Radiant Woman of Long Life female
TSERING PEMA Long Life Lotus female
TSERING WANGMO Powerful Woman of Long Life female
TSERING YANGCHEN Melodious Long Life female
TSERING YANGDRÖN Light of Long Life female
TSERING YANGKYI Long Life and Music female
TSERING ZANGMO Joyful Woman of Long Life female
TSEWANG LHAMO Goddess of Powerful Life female
TSEWANG PEMO Radiant Woman of Powerful Life female
TSEWANG ZANGMO Woman of Good and Powerful Life female
TSÖNDRU CHÖPEL Diligent One in Spreading the Dharma male
TSÖNDRU DONDEN Diligent One Who Attains the Meaning male
TSÖNDRU DORJE Diamond of Diligence male
TSÖNDRU GELEK Diligent One in Good Actions male
TSÖNDRU GYALTSEN Victory Banner of Diligence male
TSÖNDRU GYURME Diligent One of Accomplishment male
TSÖNDRU PHUNTSOK Perseverant one of Great Qualities male
TSÖNDRU RABTEN Diligent and Perseverant One male
TSÖNDRU SAMPEL Diligent One Deepening in Samadhi male
TSÖNDRU SAMTEN Diligence in Concentration Meditation male
TSÖNDRU TARCHIN Man of Enlightened Effort male
TSÖNDRU TENPEL Diligent in Spreading the Teachings male
TSÖNDRU THAYE Limitless Diligence male
TSÖNDRU WANGMO Powerful Diligence female
TSÖNDRU YESHEY Diligent of Perfect Wisdom male
TSÖNDRU ZANGMO Happy Woman of Diligence female
TSULTRIM CHÖDRÖN Truth Light of Discipline female
TSULTRIM DÖNDRUB Accomplishing the Meaning of Ethics male
TSULTRIM DORJE Diamond of Discipline male
TSULTRIM DROLMA Tara of Discipline female
TSULTRIM GELEK Perfect Merit of Discipline male
TSULTRIM GYATSO Ocean of Discipline male
TSULTRIM GYURME Immovable Upholding Discipline male
TSULTRIM LHAMO Goddess of Good Conduct female
TSULTRIM LODEN Wise One Upholder of Discipline male
TSULTRIM MINGYUR Discipline and Stable One male
TSULTRIM NAMGYAL Victorious Disciplined One male
TSULTRIM NYIMA Sun of Discipline male
TSULTRIM PALMO Radiant Woman of Discipline female
TSULTRIM PHUNTSOK Most Perfect Discipline male
TSULTRIM RANGDROL Discipline One of Liberation male
TSULTRIM SAMDRUB Disciplined One Fulfiller of Wishes male
TSULTRIM SÖNAM Merit of Perfect Discipline male
TSULTRIM TARCHIN Perfection of Discipline male
TSULTRIM TENZING Teaching Holder of Discipline male
TSULTRIM TOPDEN Accomplishment of Discipline male
TSULTRIM WANGDU Disciplined One Who Posses Power male
TSULTRIM WANGMO Powerful Woman of Discipline female
TSULTRIM ZANGMO Happy Woman of Discipline female
TSULTRIM ZANGPO Kind Disciplined One male
Thubten Tashi The Auspiciousness of Buddha's Teaching
TUTOB DÖNDRUB True Accomplisher of Great Abilities male
TUTOB DORJE Diamond of Great Abilities male
TUTOB GYATSO Ocean of Great Abilities male
TUTOB GYURME Unchanging One of Great Abilities male
TUTOB MINGYUR Unchanging of Great Abilities male
TUTOB NAMGYAL Victorious One of Great Abilities male
TUTOB PENPA Saturn of Great Abilities male
TUTOB RAGDROL Self Liberated (possessor) of Great Abilities male
TUTOB RANJUNG Self Arisen Great Abilities male
TUTOB YONGDÜ Perfect Acquisition of Great Abilities male
TUTOB YULGYAL Victorious of All Great Abilities male
URGYEN CHÖDRÖ Truth Light of the Pure Land female
URGYEN CHÖDRÖN Truth Light of the Pure Land female
URGYEN LHAMO Pure Land Goddess female
URGYEN PALMO Radiant of Pure Land female
URGYEN TSOLMO Lake of the Pure Land female
WANGMO Powerful Woman female
YANCHEN DROLMA Melodious Tara female
YANCHEN LHAMO Melodious Goddess female
YANGCHEN Melodious One female
YANGCHEN CHÖDRÖN Melodious Truth Light female
YANGCHEN DROLMA Melodious Liberatrice female
YANGCHEN PALMO Radiant Melodious Woman female
YANGCHEN ZANGMO Melodious Good Woman female
YANGKYI Inspired Happiness female
YANGZOM Perfect Woman of Accomplished Qualities female
YANGZOM DROLMA Tara of Perfect Virtue female
YESHEY CHÖDRÖN Truth Light of Wisdom female
YESHEY DROLMA Liberatrice of Highest Wisdom female
YESHEY GYATSO Ocean of Highest Wisdom male
YESHEY LHAMO Goddess of Highest Wisdom female
YESHEY TSOLMO Lake of Highest Wisdom female
YESHEY WANGMO Powerful Highest Wisdom female
YESHEY ZANGMO Good Woman of Highest Wisdom female
YÖDRÖN Turquoise Light female
YODRÖN LHAMO Goddess of Turquoise Light female
YÖNTEN DARGYE Developer of Qualities male
YÖNTEN DORJE Diamond of Qualities male
YÖNTEN GYATSO Ocean of Qualities male
YÖNTEN JUNGNEY Source of Qualities male
YÖNTEN KUNKYAB All Reaching Qualities male
YÖNTEN LODRÖ Wise One of Qualities male
YÖNTEN NGÖDRUP Accomplisher of Qualities male
YÖNTEN NORBU Jewel of Qualities male
YÖNTEN PHUNTSOK Man of the Enlightened Qualities male
YÖNTEN RABGYE Completely Perfect Qualities male
YÖNTEN TARCHIN Perfected Qualities male
YÖNTEN THAYE Limitless Qualities male
YÖNTEN TRASHI Auspicious Qualities male
YÖNTEN TSOLMO Lake of Qualities female
ZANGMO Good Woman female
ZOPA CHOGYAL Dharma King of Forbearance male
ZOPA DRAYANG Melodious One Upholding Patience male
ZOPA GYATSO Ocean of Forbearance male
ZOPA GYURME Unchanging Forbearance male
ZOPA NAMGYAL Victorious of Patience male
ZOPA PHUNTSOK Patient Man With All Qualities male
ZOPA SANGYE Buddha of Forbearance male
ZOPA TARCHIN Perfect Forbearance male
ZOPA TENDAR Patient in Spreading the Teachings male
ZOPA TENPEL Patient One Who Spreads the Teaching male
ZOPA TENZING Teaching Holder of Forbearance male
ZOPA WANGDU Patient One Who Posses Power male

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Re: Tibetan names

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ian_fleming007 wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:04 am How about:
Könchog Drakpa Tingdzin
དཀོན་མཆོག་གྲགས་པ་ཏིང་འཛིན།
Tashi delek,

Nice name and i go for the following translation:

Kön Chok - Jewel
Trak pa - Fame, glorious
Ting Dzin - Meditative stabilisation

The glorious Jewel of meditative stabilisation
The best meditation is no meditation
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Re: Tibetan names

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Not sure if this thread is still operating but my name is Gyurme Rangdrol. I believe the translation is Unchanging Self Liberation.
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Re: Tibetan names

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I would also like to ask about my name if the thread is still open. My refuge name is Karma Lodro Palmo. I've seen different variations but I can't get much information by googling. I was hoping someone here might help. Thank you! :anjali:
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Karma refers to the Karma Kamtsang (Kagyu) , the lineage of your refuge preceptor. Lodro means "intelligent, sagacious" and Pal is "glorious" or "radiant", The Mo makes it feminine.
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Re: Tibetan names

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tingdzin wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:48 am Karma refers to the Karma Kamtsang (Kagyu) , the lineage of your refuge preceptor. Lodro means "intelligent, sagacious" and Pal is "glorious" or "radiant", The Mo makes it feminine.
Thank you very much!
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I've looked throughout the whole list and I didn't find a name that related to ice or snow. Since that was what I was going for I'd like to know what name do you think would be given to a child if they had somewhat of a connection with ice ?
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Hello:

I am hoping someone here could help with translation and correct spelling (in English and Sanskrit) given to some of my family members by a Tibetan monk.

1st name is pronounced Numa-ah Jah-ma-ah.

2nd name is Julson Dorje. Maybe Julson is spelling variation of GYALTSEN?

Thank you for your help!
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Re: Tibetan names

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DAWA TRASHI Auspicious Moon male
GELEK TRASHI Perfect Fortunate One male
JAMYANG TRASHI Auspicious Manjushri male
LODRÖ TRASHI Auspicious Wise One male
PHUNTSOK TRASHI Auspicious One Who Spreads the Dharma male
SÖNAM TRASHI The One Who Carries Auspicious Merit male
TRASHI CHÖKYI Auspicious Woman of Joyful Dharma female
TRASHI DROLMA Liberatrice of Happiness female
TRASHI LHAMO Auspicious Goddess female
TRASHI ZANGMO Good Happiness female
So the last time I looked at this thread I pretty much just looked at my name. Now that I'm looking a little closer, it appears that the placement of the name Trashi is correlated with the gender of the person. Is this right? It appears that when Trashi comes after the first name, then the person is a male, while if Trashi comes first, the person is a female. Is it always like this? And if so, is there a grammatical reason for this?
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Re: Tibetan names

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SonamTashi wrote: Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:53 pm while if Trashi comes first, the person is a female. Is it always like this?
Not necessarily. For example Shardza Rinpoche's (1859–1934) name was Tashi Gyeltsen (bKra shis rgyal mtshan). And he was a male.
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