Tenzin
Tibetian
"Holder of the teaching"
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Tenzin Origin and Meaning
The name Tenzin is a boy's name meaning "Holder of the teaching".
Tenzin (sometimes also written as Tenzing or Stanzin) is a unisex Tibetan name which is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso.
A notable fictional bearer is Tenzin from The Legend of Korra. He is the youngest child of Aang and Katara, from the prequel series Avatar: The Last Airbender. This is one of the unique unisex names and also one of the fashionable new spiritual names being used for babies.
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- Tenzin Wangyal RinpocheTibetan,Indian lama and scholar
- Tenzing Norgay (born Namgyal Wangdi)Nepali,Indian Sherpa mountaineer who was first to climb Mt. Everest with Edmund Hillary
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- Tenzincharacter on animated series "The Legend of Korra"