Samsaran Name Generator

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Generate samsaran names for Pathfinder characters: soft Himalayan-flavored given names, past-life epithets and remembered-life bynames such as Tashen Dawa, Yeshi Twice-Remembered and Karmo Who Was a Weaver.

About samsaran names

Samsarans are Pathfinder's many-lived people: blue-skinned, pale-eyed folk from the mountain land of Zi Ha in Tian Xia who are reborn again and again and carry fragments of earlier lives with them. That one idea shapes how a samsaran name can work. A name is not only what a character is called now. It can also say how many times they have come back, what they used to be, or which older name still feels like theirs.

The 1,000 names here are meant for players' own characters. They do not come from the published books, so none of these is presented as canon, and the soft Himalayan-flavored sound (Tashen Dawa, Pema Lhorin, Yeshin) is this page's own reading of Zi Ha's high valleys. A minority are plain two-part names built from real Tibetan given names; most add the reincarnation layer on top.

That layer comes in several forms: past-life epithets (Sonam the Returned, Lhakyi of Seven Lives), counted returns (Tenzin of the Third Lamp), remembered trades (Karmo Who Was a Weaver) and names kept from a life in another culture (Pema Once Haruko), plus scholar and hermit bynames, mountain and river bynames, elder forms and names for the newly arrived young. Pick the form that matches how much your character remembers.

How to choose samsaran names

  • Decide how much your samsaran remembers before you pick. One clear memory suits a single epithet such as Yeshi Twice-Remembered, while a long ledger of lives can carry a counted name like Norbu of the Eleventh Return.
  • Use a remembered-trade name to hand your game master a hook. Lhaben Once a Ferryman or Nyoma Who Was a Bell-Caster tells the table which old skill might surface at an odd moment.
  • For a samsaran whose strongest memory is of another people, try the kept-name forms, such as Dawri Born Sarnai or Tashen Called Kenta Before.
  • Keep the everyday name short. At the table most people will say Tashen or Lhakyi, and the full epithet can wait for introductions, letters and solemn scenes.
  • Treat rebirth as part of the character's dignity, not a punchline. The quiet chosen names (Quiet Lamp, Kept Promise) suit a character who took a new name for this life.

Frequently asked questions

What are samsarans in Pathfinder?

Samsarans are a playable ancestry in the Pathfinder roleplaying game: blue-skinned people from Zi Ha, a mountain land in Tian Xia, who are reborn many times and recall pieces of their earlier lives. This page is an independent fan resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Paizo.

Are these official samsaran names?

No. These are suggestions for your own characters, and none is presented as canon. The list does not draw on sample names from the published books, and the soft, Himalayan-flavored style is this page's own interpretation of the Zi Ha setting.

How do the past-life names work?

They attach a memory to an everyday name. Dechen of Eleven Lives counts returns, Karmo Who Was a Weaver recalls a trade, and Pema Once Haruko keeps a name from a life among another people. You can drop the second part in casual play and bring it back when the past life matters to the scene.

Can I use real Tibetan names for a samsaran?

You can, and a small share of this list does, with pairs such as Nyima Dolkar and Pasang Diki. Use them with the respect you would give any real culture's names, and leave out religious titles and the names of real teachers. If you want only real names, the Tibetan name generator on this site is the better starting point.

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A: 1 name

  • Auntie Lhakyi

B: 4 names

  • Bhuti Fourth Blossom
  • Bhuti Yudron
  • Blue Heron
  • Borrowed Light

C: 8 names

  • Calm Harbor
  • Calm Tsering
  • Chime Kunsang
  • Chime Never-Quite-Gone
  • Choden Bhuti
  • Choden Sixth Thread
  • Chungdak Tsegyal
  • Clear Morning

D: 78 names

  • Dadon Ninth Morning
  • Dargye of the Fifth Life
  • Dargye Woeser
  • Dasang Who Was an Orchard Keeper
  • Dawa Lhazom
  • Dawa the Newly Come
  • Dawel
  • Dawel of Twelve Lives
  • Dawen Cloudburst
  • Dawen Kyila
  • Dawka Dreams of Lanterns
  • Dawla Page-Turner
  • Dawli Cradle-Blue
  • Dawlo of the Three Pines House
  • Dawmo
  • Dawmo First-Life
  • Dawri Born Sarnai
  • Dawri Tsenla
  • Dawsel Still-Water
  • Dawso of the Cairn Road
  • Dawye the Unhurried
  • Dawyu of the Two Peaks
  • Dechen of Eleven Lives
  • Dechen Sangmo
  • Dechi Norwen
  • Dechi Once Malai
  • Dechu Many-Cradled
  • Dekyi Eleventh Lamp
  • Dekyi Lhadon
  • Delka of the Lost Sister
  • Delka the Riddle-Asker
  • Delmi Sprout
  • Delmo
  • Delmo of Many Lamps
  • Delsang
  • Delsang of the Fourth Return
  • Delwa Rinyul
  • Delyu Who Was a Bone-Setter
  • Denkyi Losa

D, continued

  • Denla
  • Denla of Borrowed Years
  • Denmo Formerly Li Wei
  • Dethen of the Roofless Heights
  • Dewa of the Half-Sung Verse
  • Dewen the Former Shipwright
  • Dhondup of the Third Circle
  • Dhondup Ugyen
  • Diki Third Morning
  • Distant Chime
  • Dolkar Kyipa
  • Dolkar of the High Pass
  • Dolkar the Recognized
  • Dolmi of the Confluence
  • Dolri of the Zi Ha Foothills
  • Dolsa Born Leila
  • Dolsa Menri
  • Dolwa
  • Dolwa Thread-Keeper
  • Dolwo of the Barley Mill
  • Dolyu Morning-Mist
  • Dorin Yewa
  • Dorje Wangdu
  • Dorka Dreams of Markets
  • Dorla Rock-Dove
  • Dorli Beginning-Again
  • Dorlo of the Midwinter House
  • Dorsa Once a Salt Trader
  • Dorsang the Translator
  • Dorsel Formerly Hye-jin
  • Dorsho Boulder-Field
  • Dorso the Kindly Blade
  • Dorwa of the Canal Road
  • Dorwa Staff-Bearer
  • Dorwen
  • Dorwen the Many-Lived
  • Dorya Scroll-Carrier
  • Dorye Far-Listener
  • Dorye of the Burned Letter

E: 27 names

  • Elder Chime of the Last Winter
  • Elder Chungdak the Unhurried
  • Elder Dargye Long-Memory
  • Elder Dhondup of the First Houses
  • Elder Gelek Twice-Widowed
  • Elder Kalden the Even-Tempered
  • Elder Kyizom of the Counting Beads
  • Elder Lhazom the Kind
  • Elder Loden the Remembering
  • Elder Losen
  • Elder Metok the Gentle
  • Elder Migmar of the Farewell Lamp
  • Elder Monlam of the Old Bridge
  • Elder Ngodup of the Winter Fire
  • Elder Nyima Last-of-Her-Circle
  • Elder Paljor the Clear-Eyed
  • Elder Rabten Quiet-Hand
  • Elder Rinzen of the Council Bench
  • Elder Thinley White-Lashes
  • Elder Tobden the Unsurprised
  • Elder Topgyal the Listener
  • Elder Tsomo the Patient
  • Elder Yeshi the Slow-Spoken
  • Eldest Diki
  • Eldest Lhundup
  • Empty Cup
  • Evening Star

F: 3 names

  • Familiar Road
  • First Frost
  • Folded Letter

G: 21 names

  • Gelek of the First Return
  • Gelek Tobden
  • Gentle Lhakpa
  • Gentle Tide
  • Gonpo of the Eleventh Life
  • Gonpo Tsetan
  • Grandfather Norbu
  • Grandfather Tashi of the Long Table
  • Grandfather Tharchin
  • Grandfather Tsetan Half-Asleep
  • Grandfather Ugyen Snow-Hair
  • Grandfather Yonten the Mild
  • Grandmother Dechen of the Blue Door
  • Grandmother Dekyi Tea-Pourer
  • Grandmother Nordon of Ninety Springs
  • Grandmother Pelmo of the Hearth
  • Grandmother Tsamchoe
  • Grandmother Yangchen
  • Great-Aunt Yudron
  • Great-Grandmother Lhawang
  • Great-Uncle Gonpo

H: 4 names

  • Honored Jampa
  • Honored Kunga
  • Honored Sangmo of the Elders' Porch
  • Humble Kunga

J: 16 names

  • Jamdel Who Was a Locksmith
  • Jamka of the Last Harvest
  • Jamla Once Laleh of Qadira
  • Jamlo of the Zi Ha Uplands
  • Jampa of the Later Lives
  • Jamri
  • Jamri the Rewoken
  • Jamsa Delri
  • Jamso Water-Lily
  • Jamwo Scree-Walker
  • Jamye Slow-to-Anger
  • Jamyin Keeper of Old Journals
  • Jamyin Tsela
  • Jigme of the Fifth Circle
  • Jigme Tharchin
  • Jomri the Lantern Scholar

K: 79 names

  • Kalden Yonten
  • Kalye of the Open Road
  • Kamri Who Was a Beekeeper
  • Karden High-Meadow
  • Karlha
  • Karlha Long-Awaited
  • Karlo Fluent in a Lost Tongue
  • Karma Dechen
  • Karma Far-Walker
  • Karmo Delsa
  • Karmo Who Was a Weaver
  • Karri of the Slow Water
  • Karsa Who Was a Wheelwright
  • Karsel Called Somchai Before
  • Karwa of the Borrowed Diary
  • Karwen Tsima
  • Karye of the House of Nine Doors
  • Karyo Mist-Walker
  • Karyul
  • Karyul Thrice-Woken
  • Kelden Yisha
  • Kelka the Mountain's Envoy
  • Kelma Who Answers to Linh
  • Kelmi First-Snow
  • Kelmi of the Barley Terraces
  • Kelri
  • Kelri of the Long Road Round
  • Kelsa of the Bell Tower Square
  • Kelsa Wosel
  • Kelsang Snow-Pigeon
  • Kelsho the Boatwright Before
  • Kelso Thaw-Brook
  • Kelwa the Blue Traveler
  • Kelwen the Tutor
  • Kelwo Called Aiko Before
  • Kelye Dreams of the White City
  • Kelyu of the Stone Bench
  • Kept Promise
  • Kind Metok

K, continued

  • Kunda of the One Window
  • Kunga Gelek
  • Kunga of the Sixth Return
  • Kunla Who Remembers Astrid
  • Kunmo of the Rope Bridge
  • Kunri
  • Kunri the Late-Returned
  • Kunsang Hundredth Morning
  • Kunsel Yarwa
  • Kunye Dreams of Falling Snow
  • Kyaden of the Old Watchtower
  • Kyalo of the Summer Flood
  • Kyamo Letter-Reader
  • Kyelo
  • Kyelo the Returned Stranger
  • Kyema Losang
  • Kyewo Ice-Bridge
  • Kyiden
  • Kyiden the Long-Remembering
  • Kyila Born Eunji
  • Kyili Spring-Come
  • Kyimo Formerly Lien
  • Kyiren Called Ganbold Before
  • Kyiri Who Was a Stonemason
  • Kyirin Slate-Roof
  • Kyisa of the Southern Gate
  • Kyisa Rinmo
  • Kyisho
  • Kyisho the Rejoined
  • Kyiso of the Hermit's Stair
  • Kyiwen of the Turquoise Shallows
  • Kyiye Open-Palm
  • Kyiyu with a Weaver's Fingers
  • Kyizom Nordon
  • Kyizom Second Lantern
  • Kyoda the Blue Stranger
  • Kyoka with a Rider's Seat
  • Kyoma Who Was a Lamplighter
  • Kyoso the Chronicler
  • Kyuri Heron-Stand

L: 110 names

  • Last Verse
  • Lhaben Once a Ferryman
  • Lhadel Deep-Pool
  • Lhaden Called Farid Before
  • Lhaden Sorin
  • Lhadon Chime
  • Lhadon Seventh Spring
  • Lhadri of the Long Shallows
  • Lhadri the Blue Pilgrim
  • Lhagyal Cloud-Stair
  • Lhaka with an Archer's Squint
  • Lhakel
  • Lhakel Old-Soul
  • Lhakpa Dolma
  • Lhakyi of Seven Lives
  • Lhakyi of Zi Ha
  • Lhali Soft-Start
  • Lhamdri of the Sunrise Wall
  • Lhami Ink-Fingers
  • Lhami with a Healer's Calm
  • Lhamin Dorsel
  • Lhamo Kyizom
  • Lhamo Tenth-Returning
  • Lhani the Awaited Child
  • Lhari New-Eyes
  • Lhari of the Journal Market
  • Lhari Sonma
  • Lharin Yak-Trail
  • Lharo Once a Drummer
  • Lhasang of the Mountain Gate
  • Lhasel
  • Lhasen Tsoma
  • Lhasho Dreams of a Lighthouse
  • Lhasho the Star-Counter
  • Lhaso Evening-Fog
  • Lhatse the Baker Before

L, continued

  • Lhawa of the Meltwater
  • Lhawen Once Tariq
  • Lhawen Sea-Dreamer
  • Lhawo of the Echoing Hall
  • Lhaye Never-Lost
  • Lhazom Dadon
  • Lhazom Eighth Spring
  • Lhemo
  • Lhemo of the Second Dawn
  • Lhemo the Slow Arrow
  • Lhendo Brook-Listener
  • Lhenwa the Almanac-Writer
  • Lhesa of the Painted Gate
  • Lhesa the Tailor of Late
  • Lhesang Dreams of Sand
  • Lhewa Summit-Shadow
  • Lhodar of the Long Silence
  • Lhoden Palsa
  • Lhodin the Memory-Clerk
  • Lhodo Knows This Road
  • Lhodri Once a Ship's Cook
  • Lhoka of the Stone Granary
  • Lhoka Sings in Her Sleep
  • Lhoma Who Remembers Xiu
  • Lhomi the Welcomed
  • Lhomin Who Was a Papermaker
  • Lhomri of the Glacier Tarn
  • Lhori the Lately Found
  • Lhorwa
  • Lhorwa the Carried-Over
  • Lhosa Who Remembers Noriko
  • Lhosel of the White Rapids
  • Lhoso Mild-Voice
  • Lhowa Storm-Sitter
  • Lhowa Tashin
  • Lhowen
  • Lhowen the Continuing

L, continued

  • Lhoye of the Welcome Remembered
  • Lhuka of the Old Wound
  • Lhuli Fledgling
  • Lhundup Dargye
  • Lhundup of the First Remembered Life
  • Lhuri
  • Lhuri Sixth-Woken
  • Lhuso of the Mountain Stream
  • Lhuso of the Plum Courtyard
  • Lhuwa Edelweiss
  • Lhuye the Composed
  • Little Dawri Sky-Gazer
  • Little Dorin of the Doorstep
  • Little Karsa Wonder-Eyed
  • Little Kunsel Quick-Feet
  • Little Nyima
  • Little Palri Many-Questions
  • Little Samwa Barefoot
  • Little Sonri First-Lamp
  • Little Tsangri Wants-to-Know
  • Little Yarsen of the Warm Blanket
  • Little Yesha Half-Asleep
  • Little Zomri
  • Lodel Pemri
  • Loden of the Fifth Return
  • Loden Samdup
  • Lodra Once a Sailor of Warm Seas
  • Lodri
  • Lodri the Oft-Returned
  • Long Patience
  • Losa Who Remembers Tadashi
  • Losel the Unhurried Scholar
  • Losel Who Was Chiyo
  • Losen Nyema
  • Losen the Cave Hermit
  • Losha
  • Losha of the Turning Wheel

M: 33 names

  • Menda Crag-Lily
  • Mended Bowl
  • Mendo Who Answers to Hana
  • Mendo Zomkyi
  • Mendra of the Long Voyage
  • Menka Recalls the Garden
  • Menkyi
  • Menkyi of the Returning Tide
  • Menla Once Katya of Varisia
  • Menla Tsodin
  • Menli the Newest
  • Menri the Tanner Before
  • Menso of the Zi Ha Border
  • Menso the Annotator
  • Menwa Once a Lighthouse Keeper
  • Menwo of the Willow Bank
  • Menye Good-Counsel
  • Menyu Frost-Step
  • Menyul Spring-Tide
  • Mesang
  • Mesang of Two Childhoods
  • Metok Diki
  • Metok Ninth Blossom
  • Meyul Sangda
  • Migmar of Unbroken Thread
  • Migmar Tsomo
  • Mild Gelek
  • Mingma Diki
  • Mirdo the Cliff Hermit
  • Monlam Lhakpa
  • Monlam of the Middle Lives
  • Morning Bell
  • Mountain Echo

N: 76 names

  • Namkha of the Seventh Return
  • Nangsel Fifth-Remembered
  • Nangsel Lhawang
  • Ngodup of the Last Return
  • Ngodup Tendar
  • Ninth Lantern
  • Nolha Once a Fletcher
  • Nolma Kingfisher
  • Nolri the Lexicon-Maker
  • Nolwa Rhododendron
  • Norbu of the Eleventh Return
  • Norbu Samten
  • Nordel Who Was a Gardener
  • Norden Who Was Kaito
  • Nordo of the Ford
  • Nordon Second Candle
  • Nordon Zangmo
  • Norin the Archivist
  • Norka Clear-Blood
  • Norlha
  • Norlha the Still-Here
  • Norli the Beginner
  • Norlo of Lamp Street
  • Norlo of the Empty Chair
  • Normi the Unfinished
  • Norsa of the First Dream
  • Norsang Stone-Path
  • Norsel Yema
  • Norwa Once Jiho of Hwanggot
  • Norye Homesick for the Desert
  • Norye of No Fixed Road
  • Nyamo of the Second Language
  • Nyamri of the Salt Lake
  • Nyari
  • Nyari Deep-Remembering
  • Nyasel Marmot-Hill
  • Nyedor the Mapmaker
  • Nyedri of the Moonlit Lake

N, continued

  • Nyeka of the Open Window
  • Nyela the Patient Guest
  • Nyeldo of the Last Terrace
  • Nyelha Hums an Old Tune
  • Nyeli New-Leaf
  • Nyelo Born Octavia
  • Nyemo
  • Nyenda Losel
  • Nyeri Samdo
  • Nyeru the Former Ropemaker
  • Nyesang Once a Glassblower
  • Nyesha
  • Nyesha the Returned Daughter
  • Nyeso Ripple
  • Nyewa Formerly Altan
  • Nyewen of the Second Library
  • Nyeye Wound-Binder
  • Nyiden
  • Nyiden the Reawakened
  • Nyidon Third Thread
  • Nyila Born Min-ji
  • Nyila the Night Reader
  • Nyima Dolkar
  • Nyima the Unforgetting
  • Nyima Tsamchoe
  • Nyimdra of the Herders' Camp
  • Nyimi the Yet-to-Wake
  • Nyisel Tamdo
  • Nyiso of the Felt-Makers' Yard
  • Nyiwa Temri
  • Nyoden of the Falling Stones
  • Nyoka Misses the Sea
  • Nyoli the Listening Child
  • Nyoma Who Was a Bell-Caster
  • Nyomi Who Answers to Jarun
  • Nyomin of the Far Hut
  • Nyoye Bridge-Mender
  • Nyoyul of the Boatmen's Stair

O: 22 names

  • Old Auntie Choden
  • Old Bhuti Bread-Giver
  • Old Dadon of the Orchard Wall
  • Old Dorje of Many Winters
  • Old Father Wangdu
  • Old Jigme Silver-Brow
  • Old Karmo Who Has Seen It Before
  • Old Kunsang the Forgiving
  • Old Lhamo of the Upper Terrace
  • Old Mother Dolkar
  • Old Namkha Story-Keeper
  • Old Nangsel Soft-Voice
  • Old Nyidon Wool-Spinner
  • Old Pasang Lamp-Keeper
  • Old Pemba Who Planted the Cedars
  • Old Sonam Who Remembers the Founding
  • Old Tendar Stiff-Knee
  • Old Tsegyal Walking-Stick
  • Old Uncle Phurbu
  • Old Woeser of the Evening Bench
  • Old Zangmo Kettle-Tender
  • Open Hand

P: 72 names

  • Paldel Cliff-Swallow
  • Palden of the Lamp Room
  • Paldi of the Reed Marsh
  • Paldo Dreams of Drums
  • Paldo Quill-Cutter
  • Paldra of the Sleeping Giant
  • Paldri Sky-Skinned
  • Paldri the Ink-Grinder Before
  • Pale-Eyed Sangmo
  • Paljor Kalden
  • Paljor of the Eighth Life
  • Palka of the Other Mother
  • Palmi Once a Snow Guide
  • Palri of the Reed Roofs
  • Palri Tsewen
  • Palsen Nyomi
  • Palsho Formerly Hakon
  • Palso the Calendar-Keeper
  • Palwa
  • Palwa of Countless Springs
  • Palwen Once Zahra
  • Palye of the Unpaid Debt
  • Palyi of the Drowned Stones
  • Palyul
  • Palyul of the Wheel's Edge
  • Pasa the Greeted
  • Pasang Diki
  • Pasang Long-Returning
  • Pasang of the Faded Map
  • Pasel the Shepherd Before
  • Pasho of the Spring Thaw
  • Patient Rinzen
  • Patient Snow
  • Pelda Born Nasrin
  • Pelka of the Juniper House
  • Pelma Kyiren

P, continued

  • Pelmo Eighth Thread
  • Pelmo Yangzom
  • Pelri Born Akemi
  • Pelsa Who Asks Why
  • Pelsang Yulha
  • Pelsho Eagle's-Rest
  • Pelwa the Healer Twice Over
  • Pelye the Even-Handed
  • Pelyin
  • Pelyin Many-Named
  • Pelyu of the Lotus Pond
  • Pema Lhorin
  • Pema Once Haruko
  • Pema Yangchen
  • Pemba Mingma
  • Pemba Seventh Lantern
  • Pemda of the Borrowed Lullaby
  • Pemdo Thrice a Mother
  • Pemdra of the White Saddle
  • Pemka of the Cedar Household
  • Pemla Rain-Shadow
  • Pemli Still-Dreaming
  • Pemri Called Yuki Before
  • Pemsa
  • Pemsa the Re-Lit Lamp
  • Pemso of the Quiet Inlet
  • Pemwa of the New Cradle
  • Pemwo the Questioner
  • Pemye the Soft-Spoken
  • Pemyul
  • Pemyul Fifth Lamp
  • Penpa Rabten
  • Penpa Three Times Home
  • Peyul the Herbalist
  • Phurbu of the Uncounted Returns
  • Phurbu Tsewang

Q: 2 names

  • Quiet Lamp
  • Quiet Norbu

R: 46 names

  • Rabten Lhundup
  • Rabten of the Sixth Life
  • Remembered Path
  • Respected Dawa
  • Respected Lhadon
  • Respected Penpa of the Last Lesson
  • Rigla Who Was a Silk Reeler
  • Rilden
  • Rilden of the Same Eyes
  • Rilha Called Priya Before
  • Rilha Samyin
  • Rilka of the Painted Boat
  • Rilma the Indexer
  • Rilo of the Archive Stair
  • Rilso the Snow Envoy
  • Rilwo Lichen-Stone
  • Rilye Dreams of Bridges
  • Rilyu of the Stepping Stones
  • Rimwa Snowmelt
  • Rinchen of the Seventh Life
  • Rinchen Topgyal
  • Rinda Once Vikram of Jalmeray
  • Rinka Dreams in Another Language

R, continued

  • Rinka the Gentle Fist
  • Rinla
  • Rinla Who Came Back
  • Rinli Small-Lamp
  • Rinlo of the Paper Quarter
  • Rinmi of the Seventh Switchback
  • Rinmo Once Amara of Osirion
  • Rinpal the Stargazer
  • Rinsa Kyewen
  • Rinsel Formerly Batu
  • Rinso of the Fading Face
  • Rinwo
  • Rinwo the Remembering One
  • Rinye Peace-Bringer
  • Rinyel the Debater
  • Rinyu the Former Horse Breeder
  • Rinzen Palmo
  • Rinzen Snow-River
  • Rinzen Snowline
  • Risel the Proofreader
  • Rishen the Dyer Before
  • Rishu of the Sheltered Col
  • Rising Mist

S: 94 names

  • Samdel the Fisher of Late
  • Samdo River-Son
  • Samdo Tea-Sharer
  • Samdra the Recluse
  • Samdri of the Broken Stair
  • Samdup Namkha
  • Samka of the Border Villages
  • Samka of the Buried Coin
  • Samla Nyeden
  • Samlha of the First Journal
  • Samlo of the Thin Air
  • Samri Formerly Trinh
  • Samro Who Was a Net-Mender
  • Samsel
  • Samsel the Homecomer
  • Samten Gonpo
  • Samten of the Tenth Lamp
  • Samwa Lhodel
  • Samwen Who Remembers Anjali
  • Samwo Flood-Mark
  • Samye of the Familiar Stranger
  • Samyi of the Reading Lamp
  • Samyin of the River Bend
  • Samyo Blue-Sheep
  • Samyul
  • Samyul Many-Wintered
  • Sangla the Teacher Twice Over
  • Sangmo Fifth Morning
  • Sangmo Nyidon
  • Sangri
  • Sangri the Circle-Walker

S, continued

  • Sangwa of the Dusty Stacks
  • Sangye Bowl-Mender
  • Sangyu of the Lantern Bridge
  • Second Sunrise
  • Selri
  • Selwa Thenri
  • Serene Lhamo
  • Sewang the Brewer Before
  • Shadel the Smith Twice Over
  • Shamo of the Long Climb
  • Shedra Quiet-Pen
  • Sheli Unfolding
  • Shelo Once Oyun
  • Shemo of the Winter Ford
  • Shemri Who Was a Carpenter
  • Shenlo
  • Shenlo the Returned Son
  • Shenwa of the Upper Village
  • Sherda Wangri
  • Sherin Called Bjorn Before
  • Shesa of the Twelfth Return
  • Shewo Mill-Stream
  • Shola of the Wax Tablets
  • Silver Thread
  • Slow River
  • Small Pema of the First Spring
  • Small Rilha
  • Small Wosa
  • Small Yeshi of the Empty Journal
  • Sodel of the Windward Face
  • Sodra of the Kept Ring

S, continued

  • Sodri Who Was a Lute Player
  • Soft Thunder
  • Soft-Voiced Yudron
  • Soli the Dawn Child
  • Sonam Choden
  • Sonam of the Ninth Return
  • Sonam of the Unfinished Song
  • Sonam the Returned
  • Sondri of the Braided River
  • Sonel Yangri
  • Sonka of the Broken Loom
  • Sonka of the Weavers' Lane
  • Sonla
  • Sonla of the Long Thread
  • Sonli Bud
  • Sonmi of the Unlit Cell
  • Sonmo the Returning Guest
  • Sonri Tselha
  • Sonri Who Remembers Bao
  • Sonwen
  • Sonwen of the Hundred Cradles
  • Sonye White-Gaze
  • Sonyu the Quiet Blade
  • Sorin Once Daisuke of Minkai
  • Sorka of the East Well
  • Sorla Night-Frost
  • Sorwa
  • Sorwa the Rekindled
  • Sorya Palwen
  • Steady Flame
  • Steady Paljor
  • Still Pine

T: 141 names

  • Tamka Knows the Old Songs
  • Tamlha
  • Tamlha Still-Walking
  • Tamli First-Word
  • Tamri Once Jun of Goka
  • Tamsel Nyila
  • Tamsho Reed-Bank
  • Tamye Second-Chance
  • Tamyu Ridge-Runner
  • Tashal Wolin
  • Tashel of Zi Ha
  • Tashen Called Kenta Before
  • Tashen Dawa
  • Tashen of the Wall of Heaven
  • Tashen Soft-Step
  • Tashi Lhamo
  • Tashi Newly Named
  • Tashka of the Remembered Orchard
  • Tashla Rainwalker
  • Tashlo Far-From-Home
  • Tashmo
  • Tashmo of Ten Lives
  • Tashri
  • Tashri Ever-Returning
  • Tashri of the Lantern-Makers' Row
  • Tashu Who Was a Bridge-Builder
  • Tashwa the Reckoner
  • Tashye of the Recovered Song
  • Tashyu of the Foothill Orchards
  • Tawa the Rememberer of Names
  • Temri the Genealogist
  • Temsa Once a Night Watchman
  • Temwa
  • Temwa of Five Lives
  • Tendar of the Third Return

T, continued

  • Tendar Pasang
  • Tenzin of the Third Lamp
  • Thaka with a Scribe's Callus
  • Thalo High-Barley
  • Thamri Glacier-Born
  • Tharchin of the Ninth Life
  • Tharchin Penpa
  • Thasel Who Reads Her Own Hand
  • Thasho Silt-Bar
  • Thela Born Lan
  • Thelo
  • Thelo Again-Come
  • Thendo of the Hot Springs
  • Thendri Once Lucan of Taldor
  • Thendu Karsel
  • Thenka Returns a Borrowed Book
  • Thenla Samri
  • Thenmo
  • Thenmo the Lamp That Passes
  • Thenso of the Tea Road
  • Thenwa the Pine-Grove Hermit
  • Thenye Truce-Speaker
  • Thesel Zomri
  • Thewo Wind-Gap
  • Thinley Jampa
  • Thinley of the Early Lives
  • Third-Life Karmo
  • Thola the Former Rice Farmer
  • Tholma the Tinker Before
  • Thori of the Forgotten Harbor
  • Thoughtful Dechen
  • Thuri Lore-Gatherer
  • Thuwa Once a Caravan Guard
  • Tobden Monlam
  • Tobden of the Twelfth Life

T, continued

  • Truthful Jigme
  • Tsaden Who Was a Kite-Maker
  • Tsaka with a Soldier's Step
  • Tsalha Two-Journals
  • Tsalo Riverstone
  • Tsamchoe Lhakyi
  • Tsamchoe Sixth Lantern
  • Tsami of the Closed Door
  • Tsangdo of the Three Cairns
  • Tsangmo the Listener
  • Tsangri Pelda
  • Tsangwa
  • Tsangwa of the Kept Vow
  • Tsedel of the Cranes' Shore
  • Tsedo with a Dancer's Balance
  • Tsedor Peak-Watcher
  • Tsedri
  • Tsedri of the Second Life
  • Tsegyal Fifteenth Candle
  • Tseka Dreams of Rain on Tin
  • Tselo Margin-Writer
  • Tsema Called Ravi Before
  • Tsema Lhawen
  • Tsema of the Quiet Library
  • Tsemi Just-Arrived
  • Tsemin
  • Tsemin of the Old Thread
  • Tsemo of the Blue Courtyard
  • Tseni the Brought-Home
  • Tsenka Oath-Carrier
  • Tsenla Once Bolormaa
  • Tsenmo Dew-Gatherer
  • Tsering Paljor
  • Tsering the Ledger-Keeper
  • Tsetan of the Fourteenth Return

T, continued

  • Tsetan Thinley
  • Tsewa Rinda
  • Tsewang Ngodup
  • Tsewang of the Fourth Life
  • Tsewen Who Answers to Soraya
  • Tsewen Who Was a Well-Digger
  • Tsewo of the Quiet Summit
  • Tsilha Normen
  • Tsili Dawn-Come
  • Tsilo of the River Steps
  • Tsima Born Sunan
  • Tsiren Who Was a Midwife
  • Tsiso of the Hanging Valley
  • Tsiso the Stilled Hand
  • Tsiwa
  • Tsiwa of Nine Lives
  • Tsiye Almost Remembers
  • Tsiyul of the Hidden Cascade
  • Tsodar Nyewa
  • Tsodel
  • Tsodel Who Walks the Circle
  • Tsodin Born Tuan
  • Tsodra the Patient Teacher
  • Tsoka of the Waiting Friend
  • Tsoldo of the Echo Cliffs
  • Tsoli Fresh-Page
  • Tsomi Road-Friend
  • Tsomo Fourth Candle
  • Tsomo of Blue Lake
  • Tsomri Once Sigrun
  • Tsori Once a Falconer
  • Tsowen Lake-Daughter
  • Tsoye Lantern-Guest
  • Tsoyin Dreams of Ships
  • Tsoyul Once a Mapmaker
  • Turning Leaf

U: 4 names

  • Ugyen of the Thirteenth Return
  • Unbroken Circle
  • Uncle Samten
  • Unhurried Samten

W: 42 names

  • Wandering Pelmo
  • Wangdu of the Second Return
  • Wangdu Phurbu
  • Wangla
  • Wangla of the Eighth Return
  • Wangsel Lhaya
  • Wangyu the Diarist
  • Watchful Tobden
  • Welcome Rain
  • Wendel of the Lower Falls
  • Wendo Hail-Shelter
  • Wendri Once a Pearl Diver
  • Wenka Door-Opener
  • Wenla Thrice a Soldier
  • Wenli of the Welcome Feast
  • Wenmo of the Avalanche Slope
  • Wenri of the Thousand Scrolls
  • Wenso Dreams of Horses
  • Wenye of the Old Ferry House
  • White Cedar
  • Winter Plum

W, continued

  • Wodel
  • Wodel of Old Promises
  • Wodra of the Source
  • Wodri the Hill Recluse
  • Woeser Metok
  • Woeser Seven Times Named
  • Wolha of the Returned Letter
  • Wolin Born Chen
  • Womi the Peddler of Late
  • Womla the Tea-Hut Hermit
  • Womri of the Lower Snows
  • Wosa Knows the Stars of the South
  • Wosa the Miller of Late
  • Wosang
  • Wosang Half-Remembered
  • Wosel Called Temur Before
  • Wosel of the Twin Springs
  • Wosel of Zi Ha's Western Road
  • Wosen Kyimo
  • Wosho Night-Walker
  • Wosho Thin-Pine

Y: 97 names

  • Yamri the Glossarist
  • Yamsel Once a Border Scout
  • Yangchen Second Spring
  • Yangchen Tsomo
  • Yangdo Snow-Lion
  • Yangdri Once Thao of Xa Hoi
  • Yangli of the Blank Scroll
  • Yanglo of the Missing Name
  • Yangsel Mendri
  • Yangso of the Frozen Weir
  • Yangwa
  • Yangwa the Familiar
  • Yangye Long-Stride
  • Yangzom Fourth Winter
  • Yardel of the Copying House
  • Yardo of the Upper Pastures
  • Yarka Recalls Her Brother
  • Yarmo
  • Yarmo Known-Before
  • Yarsa Once Niran of Dtang Ma
  • Yarsen Kelmo
  • Yarso Feud-Ender
  • Yarwo of the Ferry Landing
  • Yaso Hailstone
  • Yeden Sonwa
  • Yedor with a Sailor's Hands
  • Yedra the Copyist
  • Yeldri Once a Sword Polisher
  • Yema Once Shen of Quain
  • Yemi the Foundling
  • Yendri Clear-Stream
  • Yesa Mist-Ledge

Y, continued

  • Yesel
  • Yesel of Three Lives
  • Yesha Norin
  • Yeshal of the Eastern Ridge
  • Yeshe Blue-Hand
  • Yeshe Loden
  • Yeshel Formerly Mei Lan
  • Yeshi Twice-Remembered
  • Yeshin
  • Yeshin of Upper Zi Ha
  • Yeska Draws the Same House
  • Yeso Worn-Sandals
  • Yewa Called Ren Before
  • Yewen Book-Mender
  • Yewo of the Long Wall
  • Yewo Otter-Bank
  • Yewon
  • Yewon Seventh-Born
  • Yilha
  • Yilha of Six Lives
  • Yili Seedling
  • Yirel Who Was a Rope-Walker
  • Yirma Moraine
  • Yishe the Solitary
  • Yishin Formerly Hoa
  • Yishin Tashel
  • Yishka Recalls the Long Winter
  • Yisho of the Three Wells
  • Yiska Cloud-Sleeves
  • Yiso of the Echoed Laugh
  • Yolsa of the Prayer-Flag Pass
  • Yondel the Former Potter

Y, continued

  • Yonten Migmar
  • Yonten of the Tenth Return
  • Young Delsa of the Open Gate
  • Young Dolsa New-Lantern
  • Young Kyila Wide-Awake
  • Young Lhosa the Curious
  • Young Menri Bright-Morning
  • Young Norsel of the First Winter
  • Young Rinsa of the Morning Bell
  • Young Samla the Unhurried Child
  • Young Tashel Not-Yet-Remembering
  • Young Thela of the Found Road
  • Young Tsewa Just-Named
  • Young Wangri New-to-the-Snow
  • Young Zomla Early-Riser
  • Yudri of the Gorge Stair
  • Yudron Dekyi
  • Yudron Twelfth Winter
  • Yulden the Former Tea Grower
  • Yulka of the Red Door
  • Yulma Karden
  • Yulmi of the Sealed Shelf
  • Yulmi the Unwritten
  • Yulmo of Zi Ha's Terraces
  • Yulri Pebble-Shore
  • Yulsa
  • Yulsa Twice-Mourned
  • Yulsen Dawel
  • Yulsho Lamp-in-Hand
  • Yulso First-Rain
  • Yulwen Pass-Keeper
  • Yulye Recalls the Flood
  • Yuwen Who Was an Innkeeper

Z: 20 names

  • Zamdel of the Catalog Room
  • Zamka of the Promise Kept
  • Zamla Formerly Dae-ho
  • Zamri
  • Zamri Soul-Familiar
  • Zamso of the Northern Spur
  • Zamye of the Winter Market
  • Zamyu of the Far Bank
  • Zangmo Pelmo
  • Zangmo Tenth Candle
  • Zaril Who Was a Yak Herder
  • Zomden Journal-Bearer
  • Zomka Grief-Sitter
  • Zomla Cloud-Mirror
  • Zomla Sherin
  • Zomri Thela
  • Zomsa
  • Zomsa the Often-Mourned
  • Zomwa Formerly Minh
  • Zomyul of the Juniper Slope