LHASA APSO NAMES

[dieselsmummy]

Here are a selection of names and their meanings............

Ahad ...........................joy

Aman ...........................peace

Birbal............................ brave heart

Dakini ............................cloud-fairy, wisdom-protector

Dorje............................. diamond-like, noble stone which symbolizes hardness and strength

Hira ...............................diamond

Hita................................ lovable

Hopi................................. love

Kamala.............................. goddess

Karishma ............................miracle

Khandro ..............................angel

Kiran .................................ray of light

Kumar................................. prince, young boy

Kusumita ...........................flower in bloom

Lalita............................... beauty

Leena.............................. a devoted one

Lha-mo................................ goddess

Mahima.............................. glorious

Maija............................... little girl

Mitra............................... friend

Mohini............................. most beautiful

Moti................................ pearl

Mrigesh........................... lion

Nandita ............................cheerful, happy

Nishita.............................. alert

Panna............................... emerald

Pawo ................................warrior, hero

Prisha ..............................dear one

Reshma............................. silky

Reva................................. star

Rupa.................................. beauty

Sananda ...............................happy

Shanta................................. peaceful

Sharmila................................. shy

Shreshta ................................the best

Sohini................................ beautiful

Sumita .............................friendly

Tarika ..............................starlet

Zhen................................. precious

[DAISYBELL]

Lovely names, where did you see this! You really are a wealth of information.xx

[dieselsmummy]

Er........been trawling the internet today whilst snuggled up with Diesel!! :D Should have been doing the housework..........

[Bunch]

Good work Nancy.............I like zhen! xx

[dieselsmummy]

The funny bit about Zhen...I got Xiola's name from a song......and the song that followed it on the album was called "Pigs In Zhen".........what a coincidence!!! :lol: :lol:

[adklhasa]

very nice list. i have a couple people that have named their puppies from a list like this

[kimpossible]

That'll be really handy when it comes to registering pups with the kennel club.

[Bunch]

That'll be really handy when it comes to registering pups with the kennel club.
Yes it will.....................like me when Lexi decides to get on with things ;) ;) :lol:

[dieselsmummy]

:D I like to know the origin of names actually!!! Xiola means "dweller of the forest"...the same as Sylvia in English, but her names Greek!! :D

[MITCHELLA]

oh i like these sort of things, like finding out what a first or surnames means and where it comes from etc, ive books on this sort of thing mainly to do with scotland though, like clans, tartans, names and so on xxx

[kimpossible]

I've found another site that tells you the meaning of tibetan names and also has a list so you can translate english to tibetan.

http://www.planetlhasa.nl/names.php


(OK, it's in dutch but the translations are in english)

[dieselsmummy]

Thats fab!!! I love knowing where names come from and I like foreign languages too, cos Im a nerd. Anyway when I finally pluck up the courage to get my tattoo done its gonna be in French. I have 3 tattoos already but I did them myself lol lol lol!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: