Get a Tibetan name

Are you a man or a woman? Do you believe in Buddhism? Tibetan naming is very important! Attached are the details of Tibetan naming for reference:

Tibetan people have many ways of naming, and the most common one is naming based on date of birth. For example: those born on Sunday are called "Nima", those born on Monday are called "Dawa", those born on the third day of the third lunar month are called "Cisong", etc. It is also customary to add some words of blessing and praise before and after the name. , for example, Nyima Tsering, "Tsering" means longevity; Bembalam, "Lam" means fairy.

Another type of name is named with wishes or auspicious words, such as; Zerang (longevity), Tashi (auspiciousness), Wangzong (with rights), etc.; those with nicknames instead of names, such as : Zhaluo (full name is Tashi Zeren), Dago (full name is Dajiluowu), Zege (full name is Zewangjie), etc., generally "Luo", "Ge", "Ji", etc. Words that belong to love.

Some names are a combination of two characters from the father’s name and two characters from the mother’s name, such as: the father’s name is Dorje Tseden and the mother’s name is Kelsang Dolma. , the child is named Cidan Dolma.

There are also animals, plants and some daily necessities named: Baima (lotus), Meiduo (flower), Maqiong (little butter), etc. etc. There are also many names with religious connotations, such as Danba (Buddha statue), Dorje (Vajra Buddha), Tenzin (the leader of the holy religion), Dolma (Save Tara), etc.

Since the same name is common, for the sake of distinction, people often call the person's place of origin, occupation or place name together with their given name, such as: Yadong Wangdui, Renbu Wangdui, "Yadong", "Renbu". " are all place names; Garang Zedan (blacksmith Zedan), Laruo Zedan (painter Zedan), the names are distinguished by occupation.

The difference between male and female names is obvious, the last character of the name is "Deng" " (such as Gendeng, Zaden), "rang" (such as Zerang, Lurang), etc. are generally male surnames; the word after the name is "Cuo" (such as Zerangcuo, Nimocuo, Renqingcuo) , "Mu" (such as Namu, Rangmu, Zerengham) are generally female surnames.