Pema ( or ; ) is a

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meaning " lotus", which originated as a

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from

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''. People who have this name as one of their given namesNote that Tibetan names generally do not have surnames. See e.g. include:

Buddhist teachers and leaders

Pema Lingpa Pema Lingpa or Padma Lingpa (, 1450–1521) was a Bhutanese saint and siddha of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is considered a ''terchen'' or "preeminent tertön" (, discoverer of spiritual treasures) and is considered to be foremos ...

(1450–1521), Bhutanese saint * Pema Rigdzin, 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche (1625–1697), first Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet * Nyala Pema Dündul (1816–1872), teacher of Dzogchen and Tantric Buddhism in Eastern Tibet * Pema Trinle (1874–1950), teacher of the Sakya tradition * Gomchen Pema Chewang Tamang (1918–1966), Sikkimese Buddhist scholar *

Pema Chödrön Pema Chödrön (; born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, July 14, 1936) is an American-born Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, former acharya of Shambhala Buddhism and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa . Chödrön has written several dozen books and aud ...

(born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, 1936), American nun *

Pema Tönyö Nyinje The 12th Tai Situ, Pema Dönyö Nyinje () (born 1954) is the 12th Tai Situ, a tulku in Tibetan Buddhism, and one of the highest masters of the Karma Kagyu school. He is the head of Palpung Sherab Ling Monastery in India, and Palpung Monastery i ...

(born 1954), the 12th Tai Situpa *Jigmet Pema Wangchen (born 1963), the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa

Royalty

* Tsundue Pema Lhamo (1886–1922), first queen consort of Bhutan *

Pema Dechen Ashi Pema Dechen (1918–1991) was the queen consort of Bhutan. Early life ''Ashi'' Pema Dechen was born in 1918 at Wangducholing Palace to ''Chumed Zhalgno'', ''Dasho'' Jamyang (of the Tamzhing Choji family – also known as the Myo family -) ...

(1918–1991), third queen consort of Bhutan *

Jetsun Pema (born 1990) Jetsun Pema (; Wylie: rje btsun padma, born on 4 June 1990) is the Queen of Bhutan as the wife of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She is currently the youngest queen consort in the world. She and the King have three children: Jigme ...

, queen consort of Bhutan since 2011

Sportspeople

Pema Tshering Pema Tshering (born 15 July 1951), is an archer who represented Bhutan internationally. Tshering competed for Bhutan at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he finished 76th in Seoul and finished one p ...

(born 1951), Bhutanese archer * Pema Chophel (born 1981), Bhutanese footballer *

Pema Dorji (footballer) Pema Dorji (Dzongkha: དྲུང་འཚོ་པདྨ་རྡོ་རྗེ; 5 July 1985) is a Bhutanese football coach and former footballer. A former international player, he made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football t ...

(born 1985), Bhutanese footballer *

Pema Rinchen Pema Rinchen is a Bhutanese former football player and manager. He plays as a defender. He won the A-Division in 2008, 2010 and 2011 and participated in the AFC President's Cup as member of the Yeedzin in 2009 and 2011. International career ...

(born 1986), Bhutanese footballer *

Pema Diki Sherpa Pema Diki Sherpa () is from Simigau, Gauri Sankar (village), Gauri Sankar, Dolakha District, Nepalese mountain climber. In 2008 she became the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest and in 2009 she joined the Seven Summits Women Team, a team of Ne ...

(born 1988), Nepalese mountain climber

Other

Pema Dorji (doctor) Pema Dorji (; 1936–2009) was a Bhutanese doctor (''drungtsho'') of traditional Bhutanese and Tibetan medicine, was the first person to institutionalize traditional medicine in Bhutan. He was the founding director of the National Indigenous Medi ...

(1936–2009), practitioner of traditional Bhutanese medicine *

Jetsun Pema (born 1940) Jetsun Pema ( Tibetan: རྗེ་བཙུན་པདྨ་; Wylie: rje btsun padma; , born 7 July 1940) is the sister of the 14th Dalai Lama. For 42 years she was the President of the Tibetan Children's Villages (TCV) school system for Tib ...

, sister of the 14th Dalai Lama *

Pema Dhondup Pema Dhondup Gakyil, who is professionally credited as Pema Dhondup, is a Tibetan film director and actor. He directed and produced '' We're No Monks'' (2004) and '' The Man from Kathmandu'' (2019), and he provided voiceovers for Tenzin in the ' ...

(), Nepalese film director *

Pema Gyamtsho Pema Gyamtsho (Dzongkha: པདྨ་རྒྱ་མཚོ།, Wylie: pad+ma rgya mtsho, born in 1961) is a Bhutanese politician who served as the Second Party President of the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party and Opposition Leader in the Nati ...

(born 1961), Bhutanese politician *

Pema Tseden Pema Tseden (), also called Wanma Caidan (; December 1969 – 8 May 2023) was a Chinese Tibetan film director and screenwriter. He was a professor at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and a member of the Film Directors Guild of China, China ...

(born 1969), Chinese film director *

Pema Dakpa Pema Dakpa is a Bhutanese politician who was a member of the National Council of Bhutan from May 2018 until May 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Council of Bhutan The National Council is the upper house of Bhutan's bicameral P ...

(born ), Bhutanese politician *

Pema Khandu Pema Khandu (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu. Since assuming the office of the Chief Minister in July 2016, he ...

(born 1979), Indian politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

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