Mingma is from the Sherpa-Tibetan མིག་དམར་ (mig dmar — Tuesday-born, Mars day). A modern American baby name in the broader Sherpa-Tibetan heritage aesthetic. Mingma is one of the foundational Sherpa + Tibetan + Bhutanese unisex names — central to traditional Vajrayana Buddhist + Himalayan Indigenous heritage + foundational Sherpa day-name family. Notable bearer: Mingma G Sherpa (Mingma Gyalje) — foundational Nepali Sherpa mountaineer + foundational leader of the foundational first winter ascent of K2 (16 January 2021) by a 10-member all-Nepali team — central to foundational pan-Sherpa Himalayan mountaineering heritage + foundational Imagine Nepal expedition company; Mingma Sherpa — multiple foundational figures in foundational Everest + Himalayan climbing. Foundational Sherpa unisex name reflecting Sherpa Indigenous + Vajrayana Buddhist heritage.
Featured throughout Sherpa heritage.
Mingma reduces to eight.