What Does the Name Tenzin Mean

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Tenzin Name Meaning

& f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan-'dzin) which means "upholder of teachings". This is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935-).

Origin: TibetanGender: Boy

1 Tawfiq

2 Taufik

3 Thad

4 Thancmar

5 Tino

6 Theophil

7 Tadg

8 Tenzing

9 Tadhg

10 Tobit

11 Taranis

12 Taiki

13 Tapio

14 Teodor

15 Temuri

16 Tarmo

17 Tamazi

18 Tanner

19 Tobiasz

20 Tierney

21 Tiyamike

22 Terence

23 Tichaona

24 Tinashe

25 Themba

26 Tipene

27 Timaeus

28 Timoteus

29 Theo

30 Tjeerd

31 Thorben

32 Thiemo

33 Timotei

34 Tatianus

35 Teódulo

36 Titianus

37 Tangaroa

38 Timofei

39 Tase

40 Thanos

41 Tadhgán

42 Thanasis

43 Thijmen

44 Titas

45 Taneli

46 Terzo

47 Takuma

48 Teagan

49 Thoko

50 Tivoli

51 Tollak

52 Tlaloc

53 Takara

54 Tirto

55 Taffy

56 Tamid

57 Tammaro

58 Teimuraz

59 Tashi

60 Teobaldo

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