Your Name in Tibetan Script

Free online translator for converting English names to Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག)

About Tibetan Script

Tibetan script is an ancient Brahmic writing system developed in the 7th century. Known for its distinctive angular characters and complex consonant stacking, it's used for Tibetan Buddhist texts.

6+ million native speakers
Speakers Worldwide
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Countries

Key Facts:

  • 30 consonants and 4 vowel signs
  • Complex consonant stacking system
  • Developed in 7th century for Buddhist translations
  • Written left-to-right
  • Important for Buddhist literature worldwide
Main countries: Tibet (China), Nepal, India, Bhutan

How Names Work in Tibetan

Tibetan transliteration uses consonants with vowel marks placed above or below. The script has a unique stacking system for consonant clusters.

Transliteration Rules:

  • Consonants have inherent 'a' vowel
  • Vowel signs placed above or below consonants
  • Subjoined consonants stack vertically
  • Tsheg (dot) separates syllables
  • Foreign sounds approximated with closest equivalents

Popular Names in Tibetan

Here are examples of common English names transliterated to Tibetan:

Michael
མི་ཀེལ
mi-kel
Sarah
ས་ར
sa-ra
David
དེ་བིད
de-vid
Emma
ཨེམ་མ
em-ma
Christopher
ཁྲིས་ཏོ་ཕར
khris-to-phar
Jennifer
ཇེ་ནི་ཕར
je-ni-phar
Alexander
ཨ་ལེག་ཟན་དར
a-lek-zan-dar
Sophia
སོ་ཕི་ཡ
so-phi-ya

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I write my name in Tibetan?

Use our Tibetan translator above. Type your name in English and it converts to Tibetan script using phonetic transliteration.

Is Tibetan related to Chinese?

Tibetan is a Tibeto-Burman language, distantly related to Chinese but with its own unique grammar and vocabulary. The scripts are completely different.

What is consonant stacking?

Tibetan stacks consonants vertically when they cluster together without vowels between them. This creates complex multi-level character combinations.

Is Tibetan script used for Buddhism?

Yes! Tibetan script was developed specifically for translating Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and is essential for Tibetan Buddhist literature.

Can Tibetan write all English sounds?

Most English sounds can be approximated. Some sounds use combinations or the closest Tibetan equivalent.