Tenzin Forename

41,715th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 17,464 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Tenzin Forename User-submission:

Tenzin (Standard Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན) is a Tibetan given name, meaning 'the holder of Buddha Dharma'. This name is most popular in one of Tibet's neighboring countries, Bhutan. Tenzin can alternatively be spelt as Tenzing.

Tenzin Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan
72%
 
8,7071:9518
India
64%
 
4,8461:250,69724,535
United States
54%
 
1,0891:332,90810,017
Singapore-9821:6,4021,171
Hong Kong-6951:11,155969
Canada
97%
 
3441:96,3184,972
Thailand
69%
 
1621:432,50521,532
Switzerland
64%
 
1461:56,2572,343
Russia
92%
 
771:1,873,16512,926
Nepal-741:384,96412,581
Malaysia
64%
 
511:597,05824,614
China-491:27,878,68960,877
Belgium
66%
 
411:280,2455,847
England
58%
 
381:1,463,23521,026
Australia-241:569,0688,566
France
57%
 
221:3,021,37914,959
Netherlands
75%
 
191:889,58316,206
Austria
50%
 
151:567,6135,057
Taiwan
100%
131:1,828,43749,694
Sri Lanka-91:2,311,0107,931
Sweden
 
75%
91:1,095,32321,139
Germany
100%
71:13,811,12541,547
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Japan-41:31,996,51455,536
Norway
100%
31:1,710,77619,445
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
Israel-21:4,201,45930,777
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
South Africa
75%
 
11:54,532,649471,300
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091

Tenzin (9,794) may also be a surname.

Tenzin Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Tenzin (Standard Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན) is a Tibetan given name, meaning 'the holder of Buddha Dharma'. This name is most popular in one of Tibet's neighboring countries, Bhutan. Tenzin can alternatively be spelt as Tenzing.

- ryanten10

Tenzin Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tenzing924,412/
Tendzin922/
Tennzin922/
Tenszin921/
Ttenzin921/
Teenzin921/
Tnzin917/
Tenzingh866/
Thenzing862/
Dtenzing862/
Tentszin861/
Tenzging861/
Thenzint861/
Tenjin832,183/
Tenzen83498/
Tensin8353/
Tengin8317/
Tinzin8311/
Tenzim8310/
Tencin837/
Tenxin834/
Temzin834/
Tenzyn832/
Tenzng831/
Tnzn801/
Tenjing77868/
Tensing77428/
Tenshin77298/
Tenging7741/
Tinzing7723/
Thengin7722/
Tiensin7713/
Tenchin773/
Teonzon773/
Tentsin773/
Tuensin772/
Thensin771/
Tienzen771/
Thenjin771/
Tendsin771/
Tenjinn771/
Tennjin771/
Tennsin771/
Temzing771/
Tencing771/
Tenzeen771/
Tnznn731/
Tnzim731/
Tngin731/
Tensingh71177/
Tenching7110/
Tientsin712/
Tenssion712/
Tenshina711/
Tenjingg711/
Tenzeeng711/
Tienssin711/
Ttensing711/
Tentsing711/
Tengen67526/
Tenjen67401/
Tensen67210/
Temjin67190/
Tünjin6749/
Temsin6718/
Tengim6713/
Tenjim6710/
Tnzenh673/
Tensim673/
Tencen672/
Temgin671/
Tinzim671/
Temcin671/
Tencim671/
Temzim671/
Deonozino671/
Tentsyn621/

Tenzin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tenzin in the Russian language
Тензинtenzin-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tenzin