Pema (Tibetan: པད་མ or པདྨ; Wylie: pad ma) is a Tibetan name meaning "lotus", which originated as a loanword from Sanskrit padma. People who have this name as one of their given names include:
Buddhist teachers and leaders
- Pema Lingpa (1450–1521), Bhutanese saint
- Pema Rigdzin, 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche (1625–1697), first Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet
- Nyala Pema Dündul (1816–1872), teacher of Dzogchen and Tantric Buddhism in Eastern Tibet
- Pema Trinle (1874–1950), teacher of the Sakya tradition
- Gomchen Pema Chewang Tamang (1918–1966), Sikkimese Buddhist scholar
- Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, 1936), American nun
- Pema Tönyö Nyinje (born 1954), the 12th Tai Situpa
- Jigmet Pema Wangchen (born 1963), the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa
Royalty
- Tsundue Pema Lhamo (1886–1922), first queen consort of Bhutan
- Pema Dechen (1918–1991), third queen consort of Bhutan
- Jetsun Pema (born 1990), queen consort of Bhutan since 2011
Sportspeople
- Pema Tshering (born 1951), Bhutanese archer
- Pema Chophel (born 1981), Bhutanese footballer
- Pema Dorji (footballer) (born 1985), Bhutanese footballer
- Pema Rinchen (born 1986), Bhutanese footballer
- Pema Diki Sherpa (born 1988), Nepalese mountain climber
Other
- Pema Dorji (doctor) (1936–2009), practitioner of traditional Bhutanese medicine
- Jetsun Pema (born 1940), sister of the 14th Dalai Lama
- Pema Dhondup (fl. 1940s–present), Nepalese film director
- Pema Gyamtsho (born 1961), Bhutanese politician
- Pema Tseden (born 1969), Chinese film director
- Pema Dakpa (born c. 1969), Bhutanese politician
- Pema Khandu (born 1979), Indian politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
See also
References
- Tucci, Giuseppe (1988). The Religions of Tibet. University of California Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780520063488.
- Gayley, Holly (2016). Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet. Columbia University Press. p. 290. ISBN 9780231542753.
- Note that Tibetan names generally do not have surnames. See e.g. Childs, Geoff (2004). Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal. University of California Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780520241336.
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