Entry № 5884 · Tibetan origin

Lhamo Lhamo — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LAH-mo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Tibetan
Meaning
"Goddess"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Tibetan)

A name that means "goddess".

Lhamo (ལྷ་མོ་) is the Tibetan word for "goddess." Lhamo Latso is the sacred lake in Tibet where future Dalai Lamas are believed to be identified through visions.

Lhamo is widely used in Tibet and Bhutan. Tibetan opera is also called lhamo in Tibetan.

Goddess. The Tibetan sacred title.

The name in its native script.

ལྷ་མོ་
Transliteration
Lha mo
Pronunciation
/ ˈlɑː.moʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lhamo stands.

Lhamo does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lhamos before her.

Real people
Lhamo Thondup
Birth name of the 14th Dalai Lama.
born 1935
In fiction
Lhamo
Common in Tibetan opera and fiction.

Names connected to Lhamo.

The number behind Lhamo.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lhamo reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.