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Traditionally, personal names are bestowed upon a child by lamas, who often incorporate an element of their own name. In the Tibetan diaspora, Tibetans often turn to the Dalai Lama for names for their children. As a result, the exile community has an overwhelming population of boys and girls whose first name is "Tenzin", the personal first name ...
Many Tibetan personal names use a fairly small set of traditional names in various combinations. Most Tibetans do not use family names. Most Tibetans do not use family names. Therefore, even if it is not possible to determine the conventional spelling for a particular person's name, one might still be able to determine a conventional spelling ...
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When entering her husband's family, she would create a new name, by distorting his parents' names, instead of Badm -Yadm, instead of Dorts - Yerts. [ 1 ] After the introduction of the Russian administration (in the 16th century), Kalmyks received family names, derived from that of the father, like - Erdnyev (from Erdny), Badmaev (from Badma ...
Rinchen, meaning "treasure", is a Tibetan name, used by speakers of various Tibetic languages. It is also used as a given name by Mongols, seen as early as the Yuan dynasty. [1] As a Mongolian name, it has various spellings such as Rinchin, Renchin, or Erinchin. People with Rinchen as one of their given names, or as a patronymic, include:
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This section attempt to discuss how Tibetan names should be included in the English WP when the common English name does derivate from a non-Tibetan language. As examples, we can mention Gauri Sankar (aka Jomo Tseringma), Mount Kailash (aka Gang Rinpoche), Lake Manasarovar (aka Mapham Yutso), Mount Everest (aka Chomolungma) Shiquane/Ali (aka ...